From the usage in military to drug-lords, the truth serum is capable of extracting information from individuals who are complaisant or questionable integrity. In a single dose, the victim will be sedated and feel extremely calm – a typical effect of barbiturates.
Under the effect of a truth serum, an individual will be extremely cooperative and willing to share their deepest and darkest thoughts. In addition, when the victim regains his or her consciousness, the victim cannot recall any memories while being under the influence of the truth serum.
The composition of a typical truth serum is sodium thiopental. As trivial is the term ’sodium thiopental’ may sound, a truth drug that is much closer to home to the multitude is nothing other than alcohol. To budding teenagers, any bottle containing drinkable fluid which is labelled with a certain percentage of alcohol is appealing. The higher the better they say.
It appears that consuming a drinkable fluid containing this Carbon Compound is enjoyable and respectable to the multitude. The reason behind this is nebulous even though it is nefarious to consume alcohol under the age of 18 in certain countries.
Acting like a classic truth serum, an individual who is intoxicated under the effects of alcohol behaves wildly and spills all of his darkest thoughts which was once locked away in his mind. An intoxicated individual is everything but judicious, a once sensible and meek person can behave like a reckless murderer on the loose.
Behaving in such a manner may be entertaining to some, but are you willing to be humiliated by your unscrupulous behaviour? Waking up with a nasty hangover is no fun either, would you still be interested in that bottle of ‘truth serum’ now?
This post is not an allusion or an innuendo directed towards anybody. Under compulsion or not, I believe that nobody would like to be under the effect of a truth serum.
Some people think they can “drink their troubles away” – If only for a night, heck, a night is good enough… I’ll face reality tomorrow.
It boils down to procrastination, really. Heh.
Just wondering… so the truth serum we see in movies are alcohol-based?
Erm, I don’t think real truth serums are alcohol based, I was just trying to draw a link between alcoholic drinks and truth serums.
I asked somebody (Of the same age) who was holding a bottle of fruit juice liquor in one hand:”Would you proudly drink that if there isn’t a label stating that it contains X% of alcohol?”
He replied:”To be honest with you, I won’t.”
So one of the others drank his sorrows away with alcohol and got drunk and started revealing all his secret thoughts and perceptions. That person eventually woke up not knowing what he said the previous night.
The problem with drinking is that it creates more problems as one “escapes” from his or her problems for a night. The reality “tomorrow” will then be at least twice as bad as “today”.
What made alcoholic drinks cool anyway?
The same thing that made cigarettes “cool”.
I noticed that some of my friends’ drinking habits got worse when they went overseas…. so could be also the culture. Everyone drinks, so you might as well join ‘em if you can’t beat ‘em sorta mentality pops up.
Personally I don’t like alcohol, with the exception of hot fruit flavored wine on a freezing day.