Another topic of discussion at the 1972 conference was the use and regulation of drugs as a method of control over both individuals and groups. Drugs, like biotechnologies, had definite, if controversial, military and political applications. Several participants supported the view that, rather than simply as agents of healing and pain management, the most effective use of such drugs were “as controlling agents when linked with other kinds of social and psychological pressures.” Dr. Wayne Evans, representing the U.S. Army Research Institute, spoke of “a developing capacity to deliver drugs to
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