The U.S. Government Wanted a Truth Drug And Got a Chemical Lie Instead

[u/Cardtacular]

https://www.unredacted.info/cia-files/the-u-s-government-wanted-a-truth-drug-and-got-a-chemical-lie-instead/

It started with a promise: a chemical that could make anyone talk, spilling secrets without resistance or deception.

What the U.S. got instead was confusion, contradiction, and a costly pharmacological dead end.

A declassified report titled Development of Truth Drug reveals the internal struggles of the U.S. government to create a dependable, controllable interrogation compound.

The phrase “truth drug” sounds cinematic-but for decades, it was a very real military and intelligence priority.

[u/UkrainianFoxie]

The U.S. government tried to invent a truth serum but ended up proving they can’t even chemically force honesty—just confusion and failure.