🚨🇺🇸Op Delirium: US Army's chemical tests on its own troops

Forget enemy spies; in the heart of the Cold War, the most dangerous guinea pigs were American soldiers.

😱Under a top-secret programme run by the US Army Chemical Corps, Operation Delirium unleashed a terrifying arsenal of psycho-chemical weapons on unsuspecting servicemen to see how easily the human mind could be broken.

Centered at Maryland’s Edgewood Arsenal, Op Delirium was a real-life horror show.

◼️From the 1950s through the 1970s, thousands of volunteers were exposed to a witch’s brew of toxic substances, including potent anticholinergic drugs like BZ.

Here'w how soldiers were turned into lab rats:👇

◼️Total disorientation: Men forgot who they were, where they were, or how to perform simple tasks like talking on a radio.

◼️Vivid hallucinations: They would report seeing ghosts, trying to climb up their own legs, or holding conversations with people who weren't there.

◼️Psychological torment: Many experienced extreme paranoia, panic, and rage. In one incident, a group of gassed soldiers, in a shared delirium, spontaneously rioted.

◼️The true betrayal was the "informed consent." Soldiers volunteered, but were deliberately kept in the dark about the extreme risks. They were told they were testing "a common cold" remedy or "jungle warfare" chemicals.

◼️The legacy was a lifetime of suffering. Veterans reported persistent health problems, including neurological damage, depression, and chronic illness, which they struggled for decades to get the VA to recognize.

◼️The programme was finally exposed and shut down by Congressional hearings in the 1970s, but no one was ever held accountable.

🤔Op Delirium remains a chilling testament to what a government will do to its own people under the guise of security.