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'''Sodium Pentathol''' is Abbott Laboratories brand name for ''sodium thiopental,'' a [[barbiturate]]. It is used in medicine as a fast-acting general anesthetic<ref>[http://health.howstuffworks.com/anesthesia4.htm How Anesthesia Works], Eugenie Heitmiller, MD, HowStuffWorks website</ref>. It is often used as part of the process of execution by lethal injection.<ref>[http://www.cya.ca.gov/ReportsResearch/lethalInjection.html Lethal Injection Procedure], California of Corrections and Rehabilitation]</ref>  

'''Sodium Pentathol''' is Abbott Laboratories brand name for ''sodium thiopental,'' a [[barbiturate]]. It is used in medicine as a fast-acting general anesthetic<ref>[http://health.howstuffworks.com/anesthesia4.htm How Anesthesia Works], Eugenie Heitmiller, MD, HowStuffWorks website</ref>. It is often used as part of the process of execution by lethal injection.<ref>[http://www.cya.ca.gov/ReportsResearch/lethalInjection.html Lethal Injection Procedure], California of Corrections and Rehabilitation]</ref>  

The drug makes the neural membrane more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in general inhibition, starting with the [[cortex]] and working down to the lower [[brain]] regions with increasing biological effect. In its typical form it is a yellowish-white hygroscopic powder having a garlic-like odor. It is soluble in water and alcohol. Because of its effects it is known as a ''truth serum'' and used in interrogation.

The drug makes the neural membrane more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in general inhibition, starting with the [[cortex]] and working down to the lower [[brain]] regions with increasing biological effect. In its typical form it is a yellowish-white hygroscopic powder having a garlic-like odor. It is soluble in water and alcohol. Because of its effects it is known as a ''truth serum'' and used in interrogation.

At an appropriate dosage, you get just enough neural inhibitory effect to create an alcohol-like disinhibition of normal behavioral restraints. At a higher dosage, but not high enough to cause [[unconsciousness]], you may  

At an appropriate dosage, you get just enough neural inhibitory effect to create an alcohol-like disinhibition of normal behavioral restraints. At a higher dosage, but not high enough to cause [[unconsciousness]], you may  

create a stupor and inhibit independent thought and action to a greater extent. The result is that you become more suggestible and less willful.  A context for either recalling [[memory|memories]] or constructing new ones may then be created by an operator.  The actual veracity of the testimony achieved in this manner will be impossible to determine from a single session alone. There is some overlap with the old practice of using [[ethyl]] ether to

create a stupor and inhibit independent thought and action to a greater extent. The result is that you become more suggestible and less willful.  A context for either recalling [[memory|memories]] or constructing new ones may then be created by an operator.  The actual veracity of the testimony achieved in this manner will be impossible to determine from a single session alone. There is some overlap with the old practice of using [[ethyl]] ether to