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Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Behind the Bastards

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The Secrets of AIDS

The key to this insight-producing experience was to keep people awake for days on end until they were delirious and started to lose. AIDS, who did their homework, provided ammunition to the conductors on each tripper. Everyone was ordered to cop out, confess to pass sins. The games turned on one and then another. Disoriented by lack of sleep, each was moved to the point of intense disillusionment.

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