WeekInTime Issue 57: The Race for Mind Control

The CIA launches Project MKUltra in 1953

Apr 17, 2022

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You can buy a lot of LSD for $240,000. Just ask the CIA. It was the height of the Cold War, and the arms race was underway. Within two years, the U.S. and Soviet Union would compete to launch a man into space. But the CIA had a different goal in mind. This week in time, the CIA launched Project MKUltra to harness the power of mind control.

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