These Troops Were Ordered To Take LSD | Inverse

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Channel: Inverse · 2018 · Science & Technology

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After World War II, U.S. and British governments ordered their soldiers to take LSD and run through drills, and then compare their performance to that of someone who completed the drills sober. But while high on LSD, the soldiers burst out laughing or even climbed trees. It was all done in an attempt to research "mind control" on enemy troops.

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