Altered States In Fish Tanks and Field Tests

ALTERED STATES IN FISH TANKS AND FIELD TESTS 

Other researchers soon became intrigued with the unprecedented potency and exotic effects of the amazing new drug. Some saw a similarity between the symptoms it produced and those observed in psychotic patients. The term psychotomimetic entered the English language, becoming a popular addition to the psychiatric dictionary. 

military was not involved in any type of covert collaboration with the CIA in the early 1950s. Nevertheless, the CIA soon established cooperative relationships with the Army Intelligence Corps. 

Subsequently, enough crosstalk took place between the Intelligence Corps and the Chemical Corps to stimulate creative thinking as to how psychochemicals such as LSD might help the Chemical Corps develop a more humane weapon. 

In theory, the notion had much to recommend it and when the Wolff Committee submitted its report in 1955, a research road map seemed clearly marked. Army Chemical Corps scientists were soon venturing into unexplored territory. Since Edgewood Arsenal had facilities for animal testing, an abundance of chemical expertise and a volunteer program that was nascent but capable of expansion, it was a natural choice as a location for LSD investigative work, 

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