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they spiked unaware strangers drinks, not their own, sadly.

• retrac 5y ago
  Aside from the torture and human experimentation on unwitting subjects, at some point in the practical field work of how to surreptitiously administer it, they started testing their techniques on each other. Nearly everyone involved in MKUltra acid research took a lot of acid early on. (I'm a little surprised how little this gets mentioned given the bizarre saga that followed.) Dosing each other became something of a game: > They approached the problem systematically, taking one step at a time, until they reached a point where outsiders were zapped with no explanation whatsoever. First everyone in Technical Services tried LSD. They tripped alone and in groups. A typical experiment involved two people pairing off in a closed room where they observed each other for hours at a time, took notes, and analyzed their experiences. As Gottlieb later explained, "There was an extensive amount of self-experimentation for the reason that we felt that a first hand knowledge of the subjective effects of these drugs (was] important to those of us who were involved in the program." > When they finally learned the hallucinogenic ropes, so to speak, they agreed among themselves to slip LSD into each other's drinks. The target never knew when his turn would come, but as soon as the drug was ingested a TSS colleague would tell him so he could make the necessary preparations—which usually meant taking the rest of the day off. Initially the leaders of MK-ULTRA restricted the surprise acid tests to TSS members, but when this phase had run its course they started dosing other Agency personnel who had never tripped before. Nearly everyone was fair game, and surprise acid trips became something of an occupational hazard among CIA operatives. -- Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD