Zombie Drug

"Zombie drug" is a slang term for the drug scopolamine. Scopolamine has beneficial uses, but at high doses the subject remains conscious while losing free will, entering a mental state some have equated to the mythical zombie. Subjects also have amnesia, in which they lose all memories of what happens while under the influence of the drug, making it the perfect tool for criminals. Its use has been largely limited to Colombia.

According to reports, victims have given criminals the contents to their bank accounts and their homes. Criminals have used the drug to rape women, or to sell the women as prostitutes.

1. Treats: Motion sickness, Parkinson's Disease
2. Side effects: Dry mouth, drowsiness
3. Highly toxic in all but minute doses

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• Reuters: Drug Turns Crime Victims Into Zombies (2003)

• Wikipedia: Truth Drug

• Wikipedia: Retrograde Amnesia

• Journal of Phychopharmacology: Scopolamine-induced amnesia in humans... (1992)