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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Veterans law suit over "Drug Experimentation" moves closer to trail

Veterans’ Lawsuit against CIA and Army Drug Experimentation Moves Closer to Trial
Sunday, September 04, 2011
1972 Army drug experiment

The CIA failed this week to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the agency used American soldiers during the Cold War as guinea pigs for drug experiments.

Led by the Vietnam Veterans of America, the plaintiffs are suing the CIA and the U.S. Army for exposing at least 7,800 soldiers to a variety of chemicals and drugs, between 1950 and 1975, as part of Project Paperclip. Military personnel were allegedly given everything from Sarin, a nerve agent used in chemical weapons, to the hallucinogenic LSD.
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