Project MKOFTEN was a covert

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program developed in conjunction with the

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(CIA) sometime in the late 1960s. A partner or descendant program of MKSEARCH, the goal of MKOFTEN was to "test the behavioral and toxicological effects of certain drugs on animals and humans". Testing of these drugs was done on animals, prisoners at

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, and military personnel at

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