an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely
同义词：truth drug
Sodium pentothal, the trade name for thiopental, is the best-known of a class of barbiturates popularly supposed to act as truth serums.
ECONOMIST: Drugs cannot make you tell the truth
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