The Truth About 'Truth Serum'
Sodium pentothal, the so-called 'truth serum,' is real! But does it work? Find out what 'truth serums' do, and how your brain lets you tell lies. Hosted by: Hank ...
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You've probably seen it on TV or in a movie; A suspect is being interrogated about some crime and everybody knows he did it, but he won't confess. So an old man in glasses and a lab coat comes in with a syringe of, like, bright orange stuff and pokes it in there and the guy starts spilling the beans on everything from the crime all the way to that weird dream he had about his mom in high school. They usually refer to this drug by a nice, "sciencey" sounding name: Sodium Pentothal and the crazy thing is Sodium Pentothal is real! It's actually the brand name for "Sodium Thiopental" and it really has been used as a co-called "truth drug" Sodium thiopental was invented in 1936 by two chemists in Ohio who were trying to come up with the new painkill...
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You've probably seen it on TV or in a movie; A suspect is being interrogated about some crime and everybody knows he did it, but he won't confess. So an old man in glasses and a lab coat comes in with a syringe of, like, bright orange stuff and pokes it in there and the guy starts spilling the beans on everything from the crime all the way to that weird dream he had about his mom in high school. They usually refer to this drug by a nice, "sciencey" sounding name: Sodium Pentothal and the crazy thing is Sodium Pentothal is real! It's actually the brand name for "Sodium Thiopental" and it really has been used as a co-called "truth drug" Sodium thiopental was invented in 1936 by two chemists in Ohio who were trying to come up with the new painkill...
