JUSTICE DROPPED DRUG PROSECUTION OF RESEARCHER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400410013-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 15, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/01/13 CIA-RDP88-01315R000400410013-2
ARTTCLE ltr _t i DI WASHflIGTON STAR (RFD
15 OCTOBER 1979
United ,?. Tnternaziional
" ' The Justice Department decided against.
prosecuting -a controversial military
mind-control researcher after investigat.. j
tug allegations of drug irregularities, gov-
erninent documents indicate..:
Documents,obtained under the?Free.
dom. of Information Act showed the Drug
Enforcement Agency' called Feb. 6 1975,
for an administrative hearing into allega-
tions that Dr- Amedeo A?arrazzi:vioIated .
federal druglaws;.
The documents obttaiited:?'bysl:.the`
Church- of Scientology,;aaccused..Marrazj
of ixregviaritiesin his.use of drugs during -
experiments for the-Air Force at tho Mis
.' souriInstituteof ~Y;
-y Y~
May 28,'1975, DEA documentsaid Mar}..
razzi-left, "controlled'substances co-min
gied-with non-controlled substances'- in.
..his lab; manrof. thein''not?authorized by
,:
tDr. Marrazdi s registration.. '.
'A,Nov;;4, 1976,. DEA`docvment'said the-
agency referred the ease tcrth e d ustice De- `
partment on Oct_24;1975, but that the US.'!
attorney decided after;a review that--the
matter.'.dld natwarrant federal prosecu--
A py, ofa memorandum fromL the
fense)ndicated;sdarrazz,I had- been in-
(t- volvedin LSD research sixtde 1951..._
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' According to the docn enis,.the Justice
Department was asked to investigate alle--
gations that-Marra="failed to maintain.
proper records and used drugs he was not
authorized ta.use, doaduc:ted LSD;,experr
through .June?.1973-without -proper re--
?seareh consent. forms, and used clandes --"
tine7.SD supplies in his experiments.
Marraz i became a:controversial-IIgur&
1975-when=he was acctrsed.at a Senate::
';hearing of:having"devgistated":an' 1.8
fan-Air F6ne`fan
before.~s~.;f'.~s,c_,.
he was dismissed-from, theMissouri.Insti-'
rtute;of'Psychiatry after., omplaining:
tabout-.Martazzi's techniques; accused the-
researeherof_conductln&experiments on,'
many.:patient&-not covered by research-
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