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Disclaimer: Entertainment only. Eeks is not a public health historian; just a gremlin who reads too much and asks weird questions 

What’s inside

• The myth of “truth serum” and why scopolamine never earned the badge
• From twilight sleep in childbirth to spy stories and interrogation lore
• What scopolamine actually does: amnesia, confusion, suggestibility
• Modern misuse and crime angles, plus real risks
• Ethics, consent, and why the legend still sells
• Eeks' thoughts on an "actual" truth serum, but she really wants to know yours

Why listen
A sharp, strange, funny tour of medicine, memory, and power—where a drug’s reputation outruns its evidence.

References cited in the podcast: 

Embryo Project Encyclopedia

Physician's flowers

MKUltra

Jeremy Grey, AL.COM, Alabama Axe Murders

Alabama Axe Murder Confessions

Tinder Death News Story

State Dept Warning

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