Salt Lake City, UT: It is my understanding that the U.S. Government has experimented with multiple drugs as "true serums," MDMA (the club drug ecstasy) in the 1950's, and some testing with the drugs Peyote and mescaline, to what extent were any of these tests effective and how do the responses to these drugs compare with the those achieved with Sodium Pentothal?
Robert Baer: My understanding is that those drugs were experimented with and found to be marginally effective, but when the experiments were leaked to the press they were stopped. Keep in mind that all those experiments happened during the Cold War when we thought our survival was at stake, and as the Cold War wound down I understand they stopped altogether.
Comment from Robert Baer: With drugs like these, had they been effective we would have heard about it. If any country in the world had found an effective way to use a truth serum we would have known. They bring down your inhibitions as alcohol will, but alcohol induced debriefings or confessions are also not effective.