Does Truth Serum Really Work? and Geology from Indigenous Myth
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Do So-Called Truth Serums Really Work?
The modern fascination with truth serums began in the early twentieth century. A drug called scopolamine was widely used as an anaesthetic for childbirth. It was intended to lull women into a twilight sleep while they were in labor. In 19 15, an obstatrician named doctor robert house noticed that his patients weren't completely fading into a stupor. Instead, they seemed to be able to answer questions accurately. He reasoned that if the drug could make a woman forget the pain of childbirth without turning her memory into mush, it could probably make a person forget to lieWithout affecting their memory and comprehension. This led to scopolamy becoming the first widely accepted truth serum. But
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