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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]]. In its typical form it is a yellowish-white hygroscopic powder having a garlic-like odor. It is soluble in water and alcohol. 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>  

==Use in interrogation==

==Use 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.

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. Because of its effects it is known as a ''truth serum'' and used in interrogation.<ref>[www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2006/Macgee/Web%20Project/truth_serums.htm]</ref>

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