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SUB-PROJEGT NO. 125 /' . I .• ( l c PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER AND LOCATION: Veterans Administration Center Martinsburg, West Virginia OBJECTIVE AND DETAILS OF WORK: this project partially sup- ported an on-going study at the Veterans Administration Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, studying differential errects of drugs on behavior. The emphasis was on the placebo er'rect and the interaction between placebo and drugs. The drug was d-amphet- amine and the dose level was 10 mg. The study attempted to isolate subtle effects which, at that time, were highly pertinent to evalua ting results from the Agency's more general work with psychcpharma- -coloaical agents. APPROXIMATE TIME SPAN : 1S60-1953 SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS : Four group members of the Domiciliary at the Veterans Administration Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia were involved in the tests: those receiving drugs, those receiving placebos, those who were not aware they were receiving drugs, and those receiving nothing. Two published articles resulted from these studies. FUNDING : COVER MECHANISM: Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, Inc. APPROXIMATE TOTAL: 512,000 321