TIL in 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that revealed the U.S. government lobotomized over 2000 veterans against their will after WW2. The veterans were lobotomized for reasons such as PTSD, depression, schizophrenia, and occasionally homosexuality.

http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/



Submitted February 10, 2015 at 11:06PM by SpacemanEverybody http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vfqbe/til_in_2013_the_wall_street_journal_discovered_a/