If I understand this correctly, Sodium Penthathol is also known as "truth serum". Now I'm wondering, is there any truth (yes, pun) to this? Do people really tell the truth after recieving a shot of Sodium Penthathol, or does it only happen in the movies? And if it really works, why isn't the police using it during interrogations?
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Sodium Penthathol, does it really work?
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Kiriku said:
Because it wouldn't be admissable in court, not to mention illegal.
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"A far milder form of psychological abuse involves exposing prisoners (intravenously or orally) to sodium pentatholcommonly known as "truth serum." Sodium pentathol is an ultra-short-acting barbiturate that depresses the central nervous system, slows heart rate, and lowers blood pressure. In the relaxed state produced by the drug, subjects are more susceptible to suggestion and are therefore easier to interrogate. The drug does not actually guarantee that prisoners will tell the truth, however. Often, it makes subjects "gabby" without revealing any important information. "
"A far milder form of psychological abuse involves exposing prisoners (intravenously or orally) to sodium pentatholcommonly known as "truth serum." Sodium pentathol is an ultra-short-acting barbiturate that depresses the central nervous system, slows heart rate, and lowers blood pressure. In the relaxed state produced by the drug, subjects are more susceptible to suggestion and are therefore easier to interrogate. The drug does not actually guarantee that prisoners will tell the truth, however. Often, it makes subjects "gabby" without revealing any important information. "
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