# How much veritas to "In vino veritas?"

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**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-veritas-to-in-vino-veritas/746178 "2016-02-15T03:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-veritas-to-in-vino-veritas/746178/21 "2016-02-18T14:56:28Z")

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> THAT is where the saying comes from, not that alcohol is some sort of truth serum that makes people unable to tell lies.

Though for that matter, truth serum isn’t some sort of truth serum, either. Sodium pentothal (what’s commonly referred to as “truth serum”) works by producing a state similar to drunkenness, with the same effect of lowering inhibitions.

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