# Old film of LSD tested on British soldiers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061 "2006-02-05T02:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/1 "2006-02-05T02:52:44Z")
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=517198059628627413](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=517198059628627413) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/2 "2006-02-05T02:57:50Z")
Nothin’ goes together like LSD and Rocket Launchers. 🙂 When I opened the video I thought it was gooing to be something horrible, like those old CIA experiments. But the guys were out in the woods and having a good time, except for that one dude, who seemed to be having a bad trip. I liked the guy who climbed the tree to talk to the birds. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/3 "2006-02-05T03:41:32Z")
“Dude…I just shot God!” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/4 "2006-02-05T04:16:10Z")
That was pretty wild. I wonder what they thought the military use would be. LSD would probably make a pretty good interrogation drug. No long lasting effects and just get the person talking and they might start babbling. Probably a lot more effective than torture and definitely more humane. Maybe they thought the could spike the enemy food/water supply. Thanks for the Link. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/5 "2006-02-05T04:24:38Z")
Wonderful. 😃 Complete with the old “Mr. Cholmondely-Warner” style of commentary, As for military use, well, if you could somehow give to the chappies on the enemy side, and have them bumbling around giggling and feeding the birds, bit of a walkover, what? I’m wondering, though, whether these guys were properly informed\*about what it was they were taking. And taking the rocket launchers or whatever along might just have turned out badly, which would, of course have been no trouble at all, merely time for a little bit of a cover-up. ☹ - Of course, I’ve jsut rememberd that at that period, our currency was called L.S.D :). ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-film-of-lsd-tested-on-british-soldiers/343061/6 "2006-02-05T04:29:26Z")
Now if we hadn’t already (long ago) had that whole “Dad’s Army” television comedy thingy, this clip could have inspired something similar, and probably funnier. The Queen’s Own Merry Pranksters". “The Highland Oooh-look- at-the-pretty-Lights Infantry”. “51st Acid Divisison”.