We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of US Empire by Suzanna Reiss

Author:Suzanna Reiss [Reiss, Suzanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Non-Fiction, Economics, International, History, United States, Social Science, Criminology
ISBN: 9780520280779
Google: w4f9oAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00KR7QRT4
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Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2014-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

THE NARCOTIC FARM

At mid-century, drug development and experimentation (particularly when involving the use of human subjects) tended to occur (or at least get documented) within public institutional settings. In both the Andes and the United States the test subjects for such research were drawn primarily from military personnel, prisoners, asylum populations, committed “narcotics addicts,” and poor people in need of medical assistance or cash. This was dramatically on display at the US Narcotic Farm run by the USPHS in Lexington, Kentucky. As the Commissioner of Narcotics testified before Congress about the work being done at this institution:

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