CIA funding
Wasson's 1956 expedition was funded[8]by the CIA's MK-Ultra subproject 58, as was revealed by documents[5] obtained by John Marks[16] under the Freedom of Information Act.
The documents state that Wasson was an "unwitting" participant in the project.[5]
The funding was provided under the cover name of the Geschickter Fund for Medical Research (credited by Wasson at the end of his subsequent Life piece about the expedition).
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A Conspiracy So Vast So Malevolent Numero Dos She shared sacred mushroom wisdom to heal the sick... Corporations stole it, patented it, and left her to die in poverty. In 1955, Mazatec healer Maria Sabina shared her sacred mushroom ceremony with R. Gordon Wasson-after he promised secrecy. Wasson betrayed…Wikipedia MKUltra secret CIA program including enforced drug experiments on unwitting humans, mainly U.S. citizens, in hospitals and psychiatric institutions