He Was Given A Dose Of LSD And Asked To Draw. These Portraits Were The Result.

Back in the 1950s, the U.S. government conducted many experiments on human subjects involving psychedelic drugs such as LSD. Project MKUltra is perhaps one of the most well known of these programs, in which the Scientific Intelligence Division of the CIA aimed to develop drugs and methods that would successfully force confessions through mind control. These experiments included giving LSD to mental patients, prisoners, drug addicts, and prostitutes without their knowledge to study their reactions. One experiment that occurred during that time period but wasn't associated with Project MKUltra involved an artist being asked to draw his experiences under the...

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