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THE DRUG HYPOTHESIS LONDON, Feb. 4. Responsible medical opinion m the current issue of the Lancet gives credence to the theory that the Soviet trial victims were drugged and hypnotised to compel false confessions. ' " Certain drugs produce a dreamy state of mind, in which the patient may loose his inhibitions and talk more freelv abo'n past experiences," the article says. 'The drug hypothesis alone doe* not explain the apparent volte face of these Russians, but there may have been b combination of drug and hypnotism " ANTI-TROTSKY DRIVE MOSCOW, Feb. 4. The fierce anti-Trotsky drive has been resumed throughout the nation. Even common murderers and hooligans are being roped in for trial as Trotskyist terrorists
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 13
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