The Clorian Project

The use of what are now considered illegal drugs date back as far as 300 BC in many different places of the world. Historically, it has not only been criminals that used illegal drugs. Drugs were used for many things including medicinal purposes, spiritual enlightenment, rituals, as well as for recreation. They were also used by many different cultures, age groups, and social classes. There was a time when the only thing around to alleviate physical pain either from illness, injury, or even during the process of dying were some of these drugs. There were no illegal drugs in the United States until the mid-nineteenth century. This is an essay on 12 of these illegal drugs individually as reported on in the History Channels documentary “Hooked, Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way”.

The first observation made was that some of the pills were chipped. This would cause the mass of the pills to change which would cause unnecessary error. In having different masses this would cause the time of the reaction to differ because of the lack of the whole pill. A chipped pill would cause the time to decrease since there are missing

LSD has potential medical and therapeutic uses. Even though LSD 's illegalization caused a drastic

Many drugs have been used in the MKULTRA experiments including “mustard and nerve gas, riot-control agents, LSD, PCP, mescaline, and hundreds of other chemicals, including many that had been rejected by manufacturers for commercial use because they contained deadly poisons, such as dioxin.”(Linda

Recently during our class period, I did a group project with several classmates on a topic that is rather unheard of. The topic we discussed during our class period was called Project MKUltra. Project MKUltra was a project created by the CIA. The CIA did illegal experiments on numerous human subjects from the United States and Canada in order to develop drugs, such as LSD, in order “to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to for confessions through mind control” (“CIA MKUltra Collection”). The project began in the early 1950s and did not come to an end until 1973 and involved several organizations.

At the time, drugs were popular, and they could be easily accessed by anyone. Through the course of the decade, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was not illegal, so people got in no trouble for using it. Drugs like LSD were dosed to people for experiments and researching purposes ("1960-1944." 11). Because it was not illegal, many people used it. It was used for medical purposes by the hippies, and a hallucinogen activist, like Timothy Leary, used it to study psychology. He even became famous for it and was known as LSD “guru.” There was no authority over the drugs, so people were able to use it freely. Another problem with having unrestricted drugs led to doctors prescribing non FDA-approved drugs to patients. “Patients with cancer, especially those who have

During the Cold War, illegal scientific research on humans was conducted by the CIA , known as project MK-Ultra. Some evidence indicates that Project MK-Ultra would use many different methods to manipulate an individual’s brain functions, including the use of drugs, such as LSD, hypnotics, and some reports show radiological and biological agents. In 1973, Richard Helms, the director of the CIA, ordered all of the documents and records from project MK-Ultra to be destroyed. Several deaths are associated with Project MK-Ultra, the most known is that of Frank Olson. Olson was a United States Army biochemist and biological weapons researcher.

In my opinion, a lot of people in foreign countries are uneducated and therefore, may not fully understand the risks, complications and side effects of these experimental drugs. If they do not have the means to adequately research the drug prior to testing it, they may end up doing so without fully understanding what potential side effects are involved. I am not sure how well companies educate these foreign countries and or people involved in the case study. If these people are not educated properly than it is unethical for them to test experimental drugs on them.

Project MKULTRA is code name for an underground, illegal Central Intelligence Agency’s human research program. The program is provided direct oversight and control by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. This covert government operation started its operation in the early 1950’s and officially ended in 1973.This program was the last in its era to study interrogation, mind control, behavior modification and human experimentation. The preceding project included Project CHATTER (1947) and Project BLUEBIRD (1950).

The 1960s was a highly influential and cultural changing revolutionary time and LSD helped break through uptight conservative new and lifestyle. It is apparent that the use of LSD has evolved since its inception from a psychiatric drug to a recreational drug that gained its popularity during the 1960s counterculture. Without Albert Hofmann’s amazing discovery of LSD and its leaking about into the public, the Psychedelic Revolution of LSD would have never been born and bring about all the amazing change it came with to society. LSD is known as the drug that played a significant role in the 1960s counterculture, making it a subculture in its own entirety. This subcenter culture was the epitome of experimentation, rebellion, and the emergence

The Central Intelligence Agency and various military agencies also became interested in LSD research in the late 1950’s (Dye, 1992, p.410.) Their interest in the drug was in the area of mind control. They saw the possibility of manipulating of manipulating the beliefs of strong willed people. They gave the drug to a group of army scientists and then attempted to change some of their basic beliefs while under the influence of the drug. However, one of the scientists became psychotic and committed suicide by jumping from a hotel window. These agencies continued their research by using drug addicts and prostitutes to test their mind control theories. After extensive experimentation, it became apparent that LSD could alter LSD the mind but not control it. The United States government discontinued this sort of research. Up until today, the Food and Drug Administration have never approved LSD. This strong hallucinageous drug remains only as research and medical

beyond life as we know it, it shows us a drug that not only affects

This method applies when the offending drug is administered and a single adverse drug event has taken place. Each adverse event is assessed independenty and assessment is prepared. One of the advantages of this algorithm is its transparency. However, certain levels of experience, expertise, and time is required to use this method

These drugs also have potential to be more than just a recreationally used, illicit substance; doctors have gone forth and produced as much research as they can and shown that LSD and

are not testing these drugs properly, can be more harmful than the current illegal drugs. Professor