/oss/taxonomy/term/3512/all en /oss/article/drugs-history-you-asked/what-truth-serum <p>“Truth serum” refers to various drugs that have been used in attempts to extract truthful statements from people. Wine was the basic method for extraction during ancient times, however, the first documented use of a truth serum to solve a criminal case occurred in New York in 1903. Ether, the truth-inducing drug, prompted a confession from a police officer who had murdered his wife. But the first drug ever approved as a truth inducing drug was scopolamine.</p> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:30:10 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1827 at /oss