Postby theCryptofishist » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:00 pm
The CIA has had a bad drug habit almost from the get-go. The original funding of LSD research in this country was from them back in the 60s, maybe even late 50s. They funded Marijuana research as well. In fact, they are probably more responcible for popularizing illicit drugs in this country than--
Than--
Well, there's no comparable organization. Certainly they introduced a lot of people to a lot of substances, by funding research they got it to a lot of university intellectuals who might never otherwise have gone down to gritty neighborhoods and sampled. There is a certain shamelessness to their continued experimentation with other people's minds.