title: Detained and drugged: a brief overview of the use of pharmaceuticals for the interrogation of suspects, prisoners, patients, and POWs in the US.
abstract: Using medical literature citations, Congressional hearings, and declassified documents this paper examines the uses of pharmaceuticals in the interrogation of vulnerable populations. From the use of IV relaxants on criminal suspects during the 1920s to the Global War on Terror, the nexus of drugs, testing, and interrogations will be explored in both the domestic and international contexts.
authors.affiliation: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. laura.calkins@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calkins
mesh_terms: D000654:Amobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003068:Coercion; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D057237:Criminals; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D045809:Human Rights Abuses / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D010361:Patients; D011057:Politics; D011329:Prisoners; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D023481:Terrorism / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D013874:Thiopental / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014104:Torture / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D012601:Scopolamine; D000654:Amobarbital; D013874:Thiopental