SPECIAL REPORT-Military knew about bizarre methods of doctor hired to train troops
Source: Reuters
Reuters
John Shiffman
5 hrs ago
SPECIAL REPORT-Military knew about bizarre methods of doctor hired to train troops
For years, a doctor now accused of performing macabre procedures on the troops that he trained took steps to cloak his battlefield-medicine classes in secrecy. The doctor, John Henry Hagmann, often required that those who took or helped teach his courses sign non-disclosure agreements.
The agreements may have helped ensure that his most extreme training methods - including allegedly inducing shock among students - would remain confidential.
But some of the same unorthodox procedures that led the Virginia Board of Medicine to suspend Hagmann's medical license earlier this year had raised concerns within military circles nearly a decade ago.
In 2005, for instance, the commander of U.S. Special Forces became so alarmed by what his aides observed during one of Hagmann's training courses that the commander ordered all such private training halted, according to interviews and military documents reviewed by Reuters. In his order, General Bryan Brown wrote that aides witnessed "potentially hazardous physiological demonstrations" performed on U.S. troops.
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(10,998 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)The American military is considered by the rest of the world to be the greatest threat to world peace for a reason. Immoral practices stretching back to the entirety of the Iraq war,is just one of the reasons.
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(3,547 posts)I've never heard of it, so I googled. From wiki:
Common side effects include a number of psychological reactions as the medication wears.[3] This may include agitation, confusion and psychosis among others.[3][4] Elevated blood pressure and muscle tremors are relatively common, while low blood pressure and a decrease in breathing is less so.[3][4] Spasms of the larynx may rarely occur.[3]
Pharmacologically, ketamine is classified as an NMDA receptor antagonist, but it also acts at numerous other sites (including opioid receptors and monoamine transporters).[5] Like other drugs in its class, such as phencyclidine (PCP), it is classified as a dissociative agent.[6]
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine
Just in case others were curious.
Thanks for posting this, Judi Lynn.
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(10,575 posts)What are date rape drugs?
GHB, rohypnol and ketamine have become known as "date rape drugs" or "predatory drugs" because they are used to incapacitate someone for the purposes of committing a crime, often sexual assault. These drugs are odorless and colorless and can easily be slipped into someone's drink. They can cause dizziness, disorientation, loss of inhibition and a loss of consciousness. They can also produce amnesia, causing a victim to be unclear of what, if any, crime was committed. These drugs are particularly dangerous when combined with alcohol, although alcohol alone is still the drug most commonly associated with sexual assault. Read on for more specific information about date rape drugs.
http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/alcohol,_tobacco,_&_other_drugs/date_rape_drugs.php