Aim High: The Long, Strange History Of Drugs In The Military | Answers With Joe

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In the 1960s, the US military tested a psychedelic called BZ on its own troops, to study how they could use it as a weapon. The results were shocking, but drugs have been used in the military for as long as humans have been fighting each other. Today we take a look at this taboo subject.

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TIMESTAMPS -
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Different Types of Stimulants
4:48 - Psychedelics
5:48 - Project MK-Ultra
6:41 - Agent BZ
7:35 - U.S. Army Experimenting With BZ
8:26 - Most Notable BZ Tests
11:04 - Project DORK
12:31 - Effects of Experiments
13:31 - Psychedelics to Treat
14:55 - Sponsor - Brilliant