Did the CIA poison a French town with LSD?

CIA seems to have a knack of doing things the wrong way and has the abnormal ability to leak out sensitive information at the most inappropriate time
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A US journalist claims the CIA conducted secret experiments with LSD on the inhabitants of the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 resulting in a mysterious mass poisoning that led to psychotic episodes and five deaths.
The so-called “cursed bread” incident was a mysterious poisoning that struck the small picturesque southern town of Pont-Saint-Esprit. In the summer of 1951, the “curse” resulted in five deaths, 300 illnesses, and 30 severe psychiatric cases leading to the victims being locked up in mental asylums. Nearly 60 years on, a US journalist, Hank Albarelli, claims that the CIA was behind the poisoning. However, US historian Steven Kaplan says Albarelli’s theory lacks “solid evidence”.

In an investigative book entitled “A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Secret Cold War Experiments” published in 2009, Albarelli claimed that the CIA conducted large-scale chemical tests in Pont-Saint-Esprit without the knowledge of the town’s inhabitants. Albarelli’s also accused the CIA – in cahoots with the US Army – of poisoning bread with LSD so as to test its effects on the unsuspecting local populace.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100311-gard-france-cia-usa-pont-saint-esprit-lsd-cursed-bread-baker-poison-illness