Item BAD TRIP 3/8 - Copy redacted documents, 1952-1979, relating to CIA drug testing

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BAD TRIP 3/8

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Copy redacted documents, 1952-1979, relating to CIA drug testing

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  • 1952 - 1979 (Creation)

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CIA'. Mainly contains copies of censored memoranda relating to the CIA behaviour control projects MKULTRA, ARTICHOKE and BLUEBIRD which involved testing drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); testing carried out at Edgewood Arsenal; and death of Frank Olsen. Also contains news articles, including 'Sex drugs and the CIA, the shocking search for an "ultimate weapon"' John Marks, Saturday Review 1979.

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Off-campus collection

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