truth serums
Interrogation drug cocktails
Truth serums are drugs believed to compel subjects to tell the truth during interrogation.
Historically, substances like sodium pentothal and scopolamine were administered by police and intelligence agencies, though their reliability is questionable—subjects may confabulate or remain capable of deception.
The term appears more often in fiction than in legitimate investigative practice: The spy movie featured a truth serum scene.
- scopolamineTropane alkaloid for nausea
- sodium pentothalAnesthetic promoting candor
- veracityConformity to fact
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- narcoanalysisDrug-induced interrogation method
candor · sedative · suggestibility · false memories · interrogations · memory recall · psychological coercion · Miranda rights · interrogation techniques · coerced confession · forensic psychology · behavioral cues · speech analysis · legal scrutiny · spy thriller · confessions · twilight sleep · self-deception
truth serumsresistance training
Exercise against opposing force
cover stories · plausible deniability · operational security · code of silence · stonewalling
truth serumspolygraphs
Devices measuring deception indicators
lie detectors · enhanced interrogation · psychological manipulation · good cop bad cop · waterboarding
truth, truths, true, untrue, untruth, untruths, truthful, truthfully, truthfulness