At 16, I was experimented on by the CIA
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A 16-year-old was experimented on by the CIA as part of the MKUltra program, which involved over 100 institutions in the US and Canada, sparking discussion on the program's extent and potential modern-day equivalents.
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Famously Ted Kaczynski was alleged to have been an MKUltra participant.
Lesser known is that Jeffrey Dahmer also is alleged to have been an MKUltra experiment possibly carried out by his own father.
Louis Jolyon West, one of the primary MKUltra "contractors," was also Jack Ruby's psychiatrist when he was in jail for the murder of Lee Oswald. Jack Ruby went "insane" shortly after. West was also responsible for an LSD experiment on an elephant, wherein he incorrectly calculated the dose, delivered in intravenously, and panicked the animal so badly it had to be killed.
I thought this was something that happened in one or two labs somewhere. It's surprising how far reaching this was. Giving nitrous oxide, lsd, and amphetamines to kids see if you can control their minds is insane.
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