James Thornwell

01 Jan, 1970 in United States

James R. Thornwell was an American Army Private who, in 1961, was administered LSD without his knowledge during an interrogation by the U.S. Army. In 1978, after learning he had been dosed, Thornwell filed a $10 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, which was ultimately settled for $625,000. He died... of an apparent epileptic seizure in 1984, at the age of 46.

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James R. Thornwell