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The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 1

Lost Women of Science

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The Prison Mentality of Marie Lawrence

In the late 40s, most patients at Lexington were white. The research that eventually got them shut down was CIA-funded experiments with LSD in the 50s and 60s. In one experiment, researchers put patients who'd already detoxed back on drugs. They re-addicted them and then made them go through withdrawal again.

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