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Season Five Research Files
Episode Eleven
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Hyoscine (scopolamine) and Sodium Pentothal (sodium thiopental) are two drugs used as “truth serums.” Ethyl alcohol has also been used. Truth serums are intravenous sedatives that are injected in small doses. They make the patient woozy, with the hypnotizing effect impairing judgment and higher cognitive function. This might make the person respond to interrogation. Truth serums cannot be relied upon because patients have been known to make false statements while under treatment.
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