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Reports on Psychochemical Weapons

>>> On this page, we're posting military reports on chemical weapons designed to interfere with the central nervous system of targets, causing hallucinations, detachment, psychosis, and/or loss of motor control.

Reports devoted exclusively to the two biggies - BZ and LSD - are posted elsewhere: Reports on BZ | LSD Reports From the US Military

Clinical and Military Medical Aspects of Psychopoisons
(PDF format | 15 pages | 1.3 meg)

This article originally appeared in the German journal Zeitschrift Fur Militarmedizin (6/1971), and was translated by the US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center. Released to Russ Kick by the US Army Intelligence and Security Command on 30 August 2005 in response to FOIA request 378F-05.

From page 1: "This paper gives an overall view of the division of psychopoisons into psychotomimetica and disturbors [sic].... In addition to the general intoxication symptoms, synthetic substances of both groups are described. Finally, the military applications of psychopoisons and possible medical treatments are discussed."

From page 10:

"Tremorine
This substance produces strong tremors, connected with muscle weakness, excessive saliva flow and miosis.

IDPN
The application of this compound to experimental animals leads to an irreversible situation where the animals run around in circles, describing a circle with their heads, without endangering their lives.

Substance 'beta'
In the U.S. Army, this designation is used for a chemical warfare agent whose chemical structure is not known and which causes 'confusion, psychic weakness, temporary blindness and deafness.'"

Substances: LSD, lysergic acid, indoles, tryptamines, bufotenine, psilocybin, mescalin, piperidines, ditrane, BZ

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