What's sodium pentathol (sp?) Is there something we could inject or use on a suspected murderer or terrorist to get the answers?

Like with the suspected kidnapper/killer of Dru Sjodin - any civil rights aside - is there some drug that could be used to find out what he knows?

The best way to find out whats in that guys head is to apply 230grn's of .45 LEAD.

That is one of the greatest movie scenes ever IMHO.

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I have a better truth serum:

The old-phone-book method. Sit person in chair, place phone book close to suspects' side of head [right against temple] and punch/kick the side of the phone-book as hard as you want. Repeat until needed....leaves no marks. After done enough times, the suspect will tell you if he wears ladies underwear!

And they will say anything you want to get out of more beatings! But not always the truth.

Torture 101:

For men-Torture should consist of either physically humiliting them in front of family members (ie small penis syndrome, etc.) or physically hurting family members in front of man. Either way will break him faster than physical torture to them. How can they be "a man" when they can't protect the wife/kids etc.


For women-Physical torture is almost always useless. They push kids out of their vaginas! Do you think you can really cause them "too much" pain? They key is to threaten their looks. Put their head in a sink and wet their hair. Either pretend to cut or really cut their hair. When it is wet they can't feel it and women are very vain about their looks! Disfigurement is also a good tool, either imagined or real. A knife blade made glowing hot in a fire waved near the face is one good method.

[>:/] Uh, ya..

what the fuck are you people school of americas wannabes?

I have found a 1:1 scale photograph of Rosie O'Donnell's anus placed 4 inches from the suspect's face is 97-98% effective.

Barbiturates, and many CNS depressants in general, will initially cause [b]disinhibition[/b] before causing the person to fall asleep/become comatose.  Alcohol is another good example of this.  

People who are under a lot of stress will frequently develop medical symptoms that have no physical basis.  This is called a conversion reaction (first well-described by Freud)--they convert [b]psychological stress[/b] into a [b]physical symptom[/b].  This is a [b]sub-conscious[/b] process.  If they are intentially doing it for monetary gain (disability claim), then it is called malingering.

In residency, we used to admit people who would, for instance, claim not to be able to move their legs.  After all tests were negative, we would sometimes perform a sodium pentothal 'interview'.  We would set up an IV and slowly inject the drug, stopping periodically and 'encouraging' them to move their legs.  We would videotape it and have a family member present as a 'witness'.  A signed, informed consent to do the procedure was also obtained from the patient.  The patient would then magically start moving their legs.

The drug will disinhibit someone to the point that they may tell you what you want to know.  They will have amnesia for the procedure and it is painless.  In the right hands, there is a very low risk of causing any injury.
         

Physical and mental torture!! I like it! LOL

Get Medieval on his A$$!!!  This one WILL get results!!!  I think all rapists, phedophile, and murderers should go out by this method!

[b]Breaking on the Wheel[/b]
The combination of pain and the longevity of this sentence will be the most severe that you can endure. It begins with a wheel and its iron rim. You will be tied to stakes, naked and spread out upon the ground, where triangular blocks of wood will be placed beneath each of your joints. One by one, we will smash them to splinters with the rim of the wheel, from your wrist to elbow, shoulder to hip, knee to ankle, and then the bones between. This will be done with caution, so as not to accidentally inflict a fatal blow and release you from your penance. Then, your shattered limbs will be woven through the spokes of the wheel which was your destruction, and bound in place. You will be hoisted up, and left to bake in the sun or freeze in the snow, and left as food for the scavenging birds who will pick your eyes from their sockets as you watch. Death will not come peacefully or soon.
[img]http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/wheelb.jpg[/img]

Torture is great fo revenge or entertainment, but it is useless for gaining information.  The interviewee will say whatever he thinks will make it stop.  You will never really know if you got the wrong guy, because he [b]will[/b] confess.

In the case of the missing girl (Dru) he will say any location, preferably far away and very vague that will take time to search.  That will give him the longest respite.

Pentothal/Valium will work in the hands of a skilled interviewer.  It's not as simple as inject/question; you have to make him think the situation has changed and it's OK to talk now.  As he is seriously screwed up, this isn't too hard.

Wow... how about [b]Reservoir Dogs'[/b] Mr White's solution?

[b]Mr. Orange:[/b] What happens if the manager won't give you the diamonds?

[b]Mr. White:[/b] When you're dealing with a store like this, they're insured up the ass. They're not supposed to give you any resistance whatsoever. If you get a customer, or an employee, who thinks he's Charles Bronson, take the butt of your gun and smash their nose in. Everybody jumps. He falls down screaming, blood squirts out of his nose, nobody says fucking shit after that. You might get some bitch talk shit to you, but give her a look like you're gonna smash her in the face next, watch her shut the fuck up. Now if it's a manager, that's a different story. Managers know better than to fuck around, so if you get one that's giving you static, he probably thinks he's a real cowboy, so you gotta break that son of a bitch in two. If you wanna know something and he won't tell you, cut off one of his fingers. The little one. Then tell him his thumb's next. After that he'll tell you if he wears ladies underwear. I'm hungry. Let's get a taco.