I have never taken acid before, but I think I can imagine how intense it is on some kind of level. A part of me would like to see how it is for the laughs and cool imagery, but the other half knows I would go ape shit and probably jump out of a building, so I will not be trying acid any time soon. Before acid was introduced as a hallucinogen to get high, it was thought to be a key advantage in warfare. What looks like a soldier having a bit of fun above, was actually a series of controlled experiments that lasted for decades. We’re talking about mind control or the use of hallucinogenics such as LSD as weapons used in warfare. Said to have been pioneered by the Nazis; Britain, the United States and others soon followed suit with their own experiments on unwitting soldiers and civilians, the Vietcong and now terrorists…

Images say more than a thousand words; this video taken in 1963 of British soldiers under the influence of LSD surely does:

The U.S. Army conducted experiments with soldier volunteers at their Edgewood, MD arsenal from 1955 until about 1972. They were given synthetic marijuana, LSD and two dozen other psychoactive drugs with the aim to develop chemical weapons that could incapacitate enemy soldiers.

One chemical weapon was developed, however: artillery rounds filled with powdered quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ), used at least five times on enemy soldiers in Vietnam between 1968 and 1970. BZ is a deliriant of the belladonnoid family that can place users in a sleep-like state and leave them impaired for days.

It’s really not all that crazy of an idea if you think about it. If you can get the opponent Jimi Hendrix high, I can’t see them being too focused on killing you. Although today’s media would never allow this thought to be even a spoken idea by the military, I would like to see this implemented now, as well as video footage to document it. I want 35 tons of LSD dropped on the Middle East so everyone can pack their shit up and go home. Don’t worry we will have the Forrest Gump Soundtrack on repeat throughout the whole area for the people being hit with the acid.