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(informal, medicine) A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions.

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truth serum

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truth serum

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informal

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質問に正直な回答を引き出す効果があるとされる、精神作用性の注射薬（非公式な用語）

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The detective joked that he wished he had a truth serum to get the suspect to confess.

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刑事は、容疑者に自白させるために真実を引き出す薬があればいいのにと冗談を言った。

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There is a difference of opinion among criminologists as the relative merits of the truth serum test over the lie detector test. The former relies upon producing a state of near unconsciousness in the subject by injection of controlled dosages of sodium amytal.

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