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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: I may add that I have the absolute certitude that--at least in one case--drugs were administered to a prisoner in the…

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I may add that I have the absolute certitude that--at least in one case--drugs were administered to a prisoner in the fortress--namely, ‘Sabúroff,’ in 1879.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin claims certainty about the use of drugs on prisoners, citing a specific case to illustrate his point.

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