VAN MURRAY SIM
Dr. Van Sim tested the drug, quinuclidinyl benzilate known as BZ, on himself rather than expose soldiers to it. Van Sim received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service because he tried many new drugs on himself, before exposing them to American soldiers. The CIA, in contrast, was not so responsible and exposed innocents, both military and civilian, to dangerous drugs without any knowledge on their parts, much less permission. See XXX.
Dr. Van Murray Sim was the medical research division of the U.S. Army biomedical laboratory at Edgewood Arsenal responsible for supervising Army LSD tests. Dr. Sim worked at the Harford County installation from 1952 until his retirement in 1980. In 1975, it was revealed that Dr. Sim had supervised an Army LSD testing program from 1956 to 1967 that administered the drug and other powerful hallucinogens to servicemen and civilians. He said in an interview at the time that the tests were without consequence.
