/oss/taxonomy/term/795/all en /oss/article/technology-history-general-science/truth-about-truth-serum <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-the-truth-about-truth-serum">The Montreal Gazette.</a></em></p> <hr /> <p>The plot of the 1961 action film The Guns of Navarone revolves around a Second World War British commando raid on the island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea to destroy two giant radar-controlled guns the Germans had installed to target Allied ships.</p> Fri, 03 May 2024 17:06:15 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9937 at /oss /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