St. Elizabeths Hospital (DC)

[David Morris]

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In 1942 the proto-CIA Office of Strategic Services established a committee
partnership with St. Elizabeths to aid in prisoner of war interrogations.
Little was known about the pharmacology of mind-altering drugs, but the
premise was that intoxicated Nazis would be more likely to reveal sensitive
information to interrogators to help win World War II.

The St. Elizabeths truth serum experiments were overseen by longtime
director and superintendent Dr. Winfred Overholser, who quickly dismissed
mescaline and scopolamine and instead honed in on the promising effects of
marijuana.

According to the now declassified 1943 OSS “Report on T.D.
<http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap03/WWII/TruthSerum-P1.htm>[Truth
Drugs], “Three varieties of cannabis were studied: Cannabinol from Indian
Charis, tetrahydrocannabinol acetate derived from the above, and synthetic
cannabinol [sic]. Of these, the acetate derivative was found to be
preferable.“

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