CIA FUNDED 1956 RESEARCH FOR HYPERTENSION REMEDY

Approved For Release 2006/12/19 :-CIA-RDf'88-01315R000 mriR77G2 V - 19 _AUG-i377 WASHINGTON POST 1 112 8", Y (092 By Bill Richards and John Jacobs Washington Post Staff Writer8 The Central Intelligence Agency se- Specifically, they noted the experi- An October, 1975, report on involve cretly spent nearly $3,900 in 1956 on ment dealt with "the effect on blood meat in LSD testing by the Alcohol, don research at the University of Maryland to develop a drug to allevi- ate human hypertension, accordi...