Several CNN.com commenters say they volunteered for secret Army drug tests . This was just one of the stories CNN got from Edgewood Arsenal test veterans responding to the special investigations of the Army 's top-secret Cold War drug and chemical testing program . The test was conducted by the U.S. Army's Chemical Biological Warfare Service at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and involved a small group of soldiers who were given an injection containing two different types of anthrax bacteria. One veteran says he wanted to do his `` patriotic duty '' Ex-Edgewood researcher : `` No one was forced to participate '' in the program .
Several CNN.com commenters say they volunteered for secret Army drug tests . The test was conducted by the U.S. Army's Chemical Biological Warfare Service at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and involved a small group of soldiers who were given an injection containing two different types of anthrax bacteria. One veteran says he wanted to do his `` patriotic duty '' Ex-Edgewood researcher : `` No one was forced to participate '' in the program .