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Old Footage of LSD test on British Troops

 
 
All Acting Regiment
04:08 / 04.02.06
Enlightenment?
 
 
Tim Tempest
04:26 / 04.02.06
Tell me that was a joke.

Please.
 
 
Sebastian Kant
05:41 / 04.02.06
Oh yes that was rich . . . Thanks for sharing!
 
 
sleazenation
07:07 / 04.02.06
It wasn't just LSD that was tested on British troops... troops were also allegedly exposed to nerve gas agents such as Sarin...
 
 
Alex's Grandma
13:04 / 04.02.06
Thank you for that, LR.

The implied contrast between the grainy black and white footage and how things would (presumably!11!) have looked to the subjects of the experiment is, y'know, fairly amusing.

(It's a hoax though, innit? The troops, even allowing for the effects of teh drug, seem a bit too relaxed for the late Fifties... Well, it's either that anyway, or it's high time LSD came back into fashion with the yout' - if nothing else, this'd mean no more Pete Doherty albums in the Top Ten, the kids would turn their backs on him, they'd just sigh and walk away.)
 
 
All Acting Regiment
21:37 / 04.02.06
Just popping by to acknowledge sleaze's point...testing drugs on other people is a whole different matter ot testing them on your self, obviously; while the ethics of this are pretty out, it was just great to see people basically saying "fuck off I'm not a fucking robot I'm a human being", if that's what they were saying.
 
  
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