Forced Drugging with “Truth Serum” Revealed in GITMO Documents

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
October 3, 2012

Recently-declassified US documents point to the forcible administration of a ‘truth serum’ to all of the detainees at the notorious US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The documents detailed operating procedures for nursing staff at the facility, including the use of the drug, named scopolamine, The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday.

The documents, which were standard operating procedures for nursing staff, were obtained by the independent US news outlet Truthout, and reveal that the rationale for the drug’s use on all detainees was to prevent motion sickness.

However, US military experts have said that scopolamine is not recommended for motion sickness because of its severe side effects, which include hallucinations, disturbed perception, headaches, rapid heartbeat, and blurred vision.

It has long been common knowledge that torture was a regular occurrence at Guantanamo Bay, but these travesties have disappeared from the news completely after various politicians including president Obama failed to follow through with their promise to close the stone age dungeon.

Unfortunately, very little has changed about the operational procedure at the prison, until last month many of the inmates were not even allowed to speak to their lawyers.

The US government even has a policy of leaving people behind bars at Guantanamo despite any legal proceedings that may play out in the defendants favor.

The details in this new report may not be very surprising but they do give proof to claims of torture and drugging that have long been denied by the government.

More than 160 detainees are still in the Guantanamo Bay prison and there have been many lawsuits filed in the District’s federal court to seek their release, yet the politicians in Washington remain completely silent on the subject.

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