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MK-ULTRA: The Cia's Mind Control Program

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MK-ULTRA: The CIA’s Mind Control Program

For years, the CIA held secret experiments on citizens in an attempt to control their minds. The CIA fed unknowing citizens different drugs, including LSD, heroin, morphine, alcohol, cannabis, and many others. The program was approved on April 13, 1953 and officially lasted until 1973 (Eschner).During the time of MK-ULTRA, many United States citizens were not aware that the Central Intelligence Agency existed, but the rumors of the agency experimenting on citizens made them well known (Wall, Jr). MK-ULTRA affected many people, and is seen by many as a reason to not trust the government and CIA.

Before the MK-Ultra experiments began, there was a program called Bluebird, that had started only two years …show more content…

Project MK-ULTRA violated many of the terms. The main parts of the code that were broken by MK-ULTRA are the first, second, fourth, fifth, and ninth to name a few (Shuster). The first part of the Nuremberg Code states that the voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential, which MK-ULTRA did not follow, as many people were forced into participating. Furthermore, the fourth and fifth parts of the code make sure that the volunteers involved will not have a serious risk of injury or death, which MK-ULTRA did not follow either, because many of the people who were experimented on experienced long term effects and complications (Shuster). Because of these violations, many people see MK-ULTRA and it’s predecessor Bluebird illegal for the government to have …show more content…

W. Henry Wall, Sr. was admitted there to help aid in his recovery against addiction to painkillers, but instead, he was caught up in horrifying experiments that tested his sanity. Dr. Harris Isbell was the head of the Federal Drug Hospital, who had bragged about keeping seven men on LSD for seventy-seven days. One of them being W. Henry Wall, Sr. He was kept at the facility for months and was subjected to Dr. Isbell’s torture. If the doctor didn’t like the results he was getting from his patients he would then sometimes double, triple, or even quadruple the dosage of LSD. Wall did not volunteer for the program and realised that they were giving him stimulants, but when he refused to take the drugs, they would slip the LSD into his food and water to continue experimenting on him. Wall was a diabetic, and the drugs would not only cause him to have what is called “bad trips”, but he would also experience a rise in his blood sugar level. Forthwith, at the end of his extended time at the hospital, where he had spent five months on LSD, he was still addicted to painkillers. Continued addiction was a common experience among others within the

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