CIA’s LSD Experiment in France

The CIA secretly spiked the bread from a bakery in the French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit with enormous quantities of LSD as part of its Cold War mind-control experiments. The resulting mass hallucinations led to at least five deaths, dozens of asylum admissions, and terrifying incidents, such as a man trying to drown himself, believing snakes were eating his belly. The truth behind this "cursed bread" incident remained hidden for decades until recently uncovered documents exposed the CIA's involvement.

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