Psychoactive Agents Research Chemical Warfare Edgewood Maryland 1950s US Army

Beginning in the mid-1950s, the U.S. Army conducted research involving thousands of human subjects on various chemical agents, including LSD, BZ and marijuana derivatives, to assess their utility for chemical warfare applications. Army doctors gave soldier volunteers synthetic marijuana, LSD, BZ and other psychoactive drugs during experiments aimed at developing chemical weapons that could incapacitate enemy soldiers. The program, which ran at the Army's Edgewood, Md., arsenal from 1955 until about 1972, concluded that counterculture staples such as acid and pot were either too unpredictable or too mellow to be useful as weapons. One of the leading participants in that enterprise, Dr. James S. Ketchum, has published a memoir entitled "Chemical Warfare: Secrets Almost Forgotten." (http://www.forgottensecrets.net/ ), a detailed autobiographical reconstruction of the Edgewood Arsenal program of evaluating possible incapacitating agents in human volunteers (enlisted men) during the 1960s. This clip is from the 1950s episode, the Unseen Weapon, from the The Big Picture documentary television program which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953 to 1959. The program consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service

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[theghost2424]

Wow... Give me some of that gas.. I have a 38 stone neighbour that could do with a little of this wonderful tincture

[Obzy666]

the cat didnt suffer any injury, look, hes right here, and hes not bleeding profusely, therefore, NO injury whatsoever. i base this "fact" on absolutely nothing whatsoever, im just a douchebag with money looking for a reason to cover my own ass, thank you and goodnight

[CDLver]

Sick, sick human beings!

[thesilvernymph]

I think the mouse would disagree.

[ChemicalsPT]

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[buddmar]

Were any cats or mice harmed in the making of this film?

[Beatnikzombie]

Speedy. Ha ha ha.

Wasn't the mouse tripping too?

[hubbabubbamax000]

Better with the vuvuzelas

[madtviscool]

was that Walt Disney holding the cat i knew they were evil lol

[Lauzon12]

HAHA the cat gets scared of the mouse