Passie explains LSD is a physiological drug known for its ability to change the thinking process. While it is not considered addictive it can lead to other psychiatric reactions such as paranoia and delusions (Passie, Halpern, Stichtenoth, Emrich, & Hintzen, 2008). In 1953, once MKULTRA officially began, LSD was the first phase of experiments. LSD was initially used on mental patients in the state of Kentucky for 174 days to determine the effects on the brain after long term exposure. Use of LSD on CIA agents and military personnel were also conducted in the form of interrogation procedures to determine if it was an effective tool to coax sensitive information (McCoy, 2006, p. …show more content…
One of these projects was known as MKNAOMI, which consisted of biological research in mind control. A document produced by the United States Chemical Corps explains a correlation between research on fungi, fungal disease, and protein crystal and MKULTRA’s mind altering/mind control study (Horowitz, 2001, p210). With both offensive and defensive uses a biological agent (either a fungi or prion) would be disseminated in the air and heightened through the induction of an electromagnetic pulse. The research of electromagnetically induced biological- mind control agents was quickly dismissed. Nevertheless, biological radio communication research continued. It was found during different experiments between the 80 institutions and 44 colleges then conducting research for MKULTRA that very-low-frequency sound (VLF) was the most likely culprit when it came to mind control (Horowitz, 2001, p.