From psychic spying to LSD-laced cocktails, the CIA’s history is filled with bizarre and ethically murky experiments aimed at hacking the human mind. During the Cold War, paranoia drove covert ...

The CIA unleashed a monster on Boston. It’s on page 11 of the June 24, 2011, interview of James “Whitey” Bulger, two days after the Most Wanted mobster was caught hiding out in Santa Monica, Calif., ...

But after LSD spread into the larger culture, the U.S. government imposed strict restrictions on it (Dyck, 2008). By 1966, it ...

Study shows brainwave synchronization between humans and dogs using LSD. Experiment conducted with 10 beagles carrying a genetic mutation linked to autism. Results suggest LSD could alleviate social ...

On Thursday, the Telegraph ran an incredible story: back in the '50s, an entire French village suddenly went mad. This was not, as previously thought, due to an ergot (fungus) contamination of the ...

In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

CCHR says new reports on Jack Ruby, who murdered President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, raises questions about the psychiatrist who assessed Ruby as “insane” while conducting covert ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. military explored chemical agents that could disable enemy troops without killing them. Among the most disturbing ideas was the use of LSD and other mind-altering ...

LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938. He discovered its powerful psychoactive effects in 1943 after accidentally ingesting a small amount and experiencing vivid ...