Case file · Government program

Ewen Cameron's experiments at the Allan Memorial

From 1957 to 1964 psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron used drugs, electroshock and repeated taped messages ('psychic driving') on patients at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, part-funded by the CIA's MKUltra program.

1957 CE · 45.51, -73.58 · status: official

The account

Patients were not told. Survivors sued the US government, which settled in 1988; Canada paid compensation in 1992. Class actions continue.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Donald Ewen Cameron
  2. Wikipedia: Project MKUltra
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