Word: sulfazin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They beat me and choke me again. They twist my hands, hit my crippled leg." Earlier this month, Vladmir Bukovsky, a writer who spent 21 years in a mental institution, declared that drugs are used to keep patients in line. According to Bukovsky, a Soviet drug called Sulfazin, which induces fever and temperature, is administered as a punishment, while one called Aminazin, which causes stomach cramps as a side effect, is given to bring about a state of torpor. Soviet intellectuals estimate that some 250 Soviet citizens are being held in Russian asylums purely for political reasons...
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