: Declassified CIA documents from Project Artichoke (1951-1956) outline plans for mind control through covert drugging via food, water, alcohol, cigarettes, or disguised in medical treatments like vaccines and injections.The program focused on developing truth serums and long-term behavioral chemicals, alongside hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and other psychological methods for interrogation and behavioral control.
A precursor to MKUltra, it involved unethical, non-consensual experiments on prisoners and others, driven by Cold War fears of communist brainwashing — with many files destroyed in the 1970s.
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