On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:49:30 GMT, "FranticInFresno"
<MostWanted@NOSPAMHotmail.com> wrote:

On the flip side are the people who have an adverse reaction to
hallucinogenic drugs.  From the people who experience a "bad trip" in the
form of some terrifying emotionally scarring nightmare, to the kids who heed
the call to Ecstasy and suffer brain damage or death from the elevated body
temperatures that accompany "the trip".

http://mandarax.net/creative/lsd.htm

Excerpt:

The Central Intelligence Agency conducted dangerous research on LSD, a
hallucinogenic and psychedelic drug, in the 1950's and 1960's. The CIA
performed this research for many reasons, most of which, are alone, reason
enough to be appalled by the CIA's actions. The first step in this research
was to find suitable materials to study and test. The second phase in the
research process was to study the effectiveness of the materials found. This
was done using what the CIA deemed "volunteers," although these "volunteers"
did not usually know exactly what they were getting into; and many of these
volunteers were patients in mental health institutions. The final phase of
the CIA's testing was, by far, the most shocking, reckless, and dangerous
aspect of the CIA's actions. This phase involved the testing of LSD on
subjects who never did know and might not ever know that they were in fact
test subjects. The U.S. government performed tests on United States citizens
without their consent or knowledge. The final thing that the CIA did in its
research program with LSD was to destroy all known records of any activity
having to do with their research with LSD in January of 1973. It was not
until the middle of the 1970's that information about this research was
actually discovered and not until the late 1970's that the American public
was made aware of this research. To this date, there have been no actions of
reprimand taken against any of the persons involved. 

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