For 20 years, starting in the early 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. Department of Defense conducted secret research, including Project MKUltra, in an attempt to develop practical brainwashing techniques; These experiments ranged "from electroshock to high doses of LSD".
for 20 YEars, staRtIng iN tHe EarLy 1950s, THe cEnTral iNtelLiGeNCe agEncY (CiA) ANd the U.s. deparTmENt of DEfEnSe cONdUctEd secret resEARch, includING proJEct MkuLtrA, in aN ATtEmpt tO deVelop pRacticAl BraiNwashiNg techniques; these exPERiMEnts rANged "FROm eLectROsHoCk to HIgh DOses of lsd".