During the late 1960's some soldiers arrived to a surprise at their bases. When they were expecting to see your typical base when they arrived they saw something that looked more like a hospital. The Army took advantage of the fact that most of these medical centers were close to the soldiers home and offered them weekends at their home, an offer that many soldiers would take. The soldiers however, were not informed on what their assignment was truthfully going to be. They were told that they were going to be testing special new field jackets and weapons but drugs were never mentioned. One soldier arrived and decided that his paperwork was not affiliated with what his assignment was supposed to be. The personell were also wearing lab coats. The soldiers were told that they had volunteered, that if they tried to get out of it they would go to jail, and that they were going to Vietnam either way. It turns out that these soldiers were testing potentially lethal nerve gasses,incapitating agents, narcotics and LSD for war purposes. Many of these soldiers left the camps with addictions to these drugs and attained health problems like Parkinson's disease that would plauge them for the rest of their lives. Many of these soldiers are now suing the VA for these actions.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/health/human-test-subjects/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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