Frank Olson

Frank Olson (July 17, 1910 – November 28, 1953) was a U.S. Army biological warfare specialist employed at Fort Detrick in Maryland. Believed to have committed suicide in 1953 as a result of depression, he was later revealed to have been exposed to LSD and other psychoactive drugs as part of experiments, raising suspicion that he had been assassinated by the CIA.

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