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truth se·rum

colloquialism for a drug (for example, amobarbital sodium, thiopental sodium) intravenously injected with scopolamine for the purpose of eliciting information from the subject under its influence; a misnomer because the subject's revelations may or may not be factually true, and its legal status and use are questionable.

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truth serum

Any of various hypnotic or anesthetic drugs, such as scopolamine or thiopental sodium, used to induce a subject under questioning to talk without inhibition.

A short-acting barbiturate that induces profound relaxation during which a person tends to talk with fewer inhibitions; visualisation and hypnosis is a prime method for introducing false memories

truth se·rum

(trūth sērŭm)

Colloquialism for a drug intravenously injected with scopolamine to elicit information from the subject under its influence; a misnomer because the subject's revelations may or may not be factually true, and its legal status and use remain questionable.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

truth se·rum

(trūth sērŭm)

Colloquialism for a drug (e.g., amobarbital sodium, thiopental sodium) intravenously injected with scopolamine to elicit information from subject under its influence.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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MI5 considered using a "truth drug" on Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess to force him to disclose Nazi secrets.

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While in custody he was injected three times with a truth drug. In the first session he "saw" a man standing over a body.

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Det Con Perkins later boasted to colleagues that his fist was a "truth drug" and he had identified Molloy as the weak link.

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The man cleared of killing Rachel Nickell has refused to take a truth drug test to prove his innocence.

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And if they tried those truth drugs on me they'd be no good, more drugs the merrier for me, put on a bit of Floyd and it'll be like an afternoon sesh at mine.

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Hypnosis and truth drugs, as well as their counterpart brainwashing, were unsurprisingly popular during the cold war.

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Belhadj claimed that he was forced to take truth drugs and was left hanging by his wrists in a Tripoli cell as his interrogators demanded to know the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.

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Some drugs act as truth drugs and you may have divulged vital information.

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Alter expresses a partiality for "truth drugs," an enthusiasm shared by the US Navy after the war against Hitler, when its intelligence officers got on the trail of Dr.