Should "truth serum" be considered torture and banned under international law?

[JohnFKennedy]

Right, and that shouldn't be banned.

Really?  Because that's basically the premise behind all of the truth serums listed in the topic article.

There's no such thing as a true truth serum, but rather intoxicants similar to alcohol that loosen people up and confuse them while you tell them that it's a truth serum.

Who cares if you give someone alcohol and tell him it's magic sauce?  How is that torture?

I'd say it is pretty bad if that person is a Muslim and abstains from alcohol for religious reasons.

[JohnFKennedy]

It's not so much that their God would 'blame' them (I don't know the status on that) but that it is forcing something upon them which contravenes their religious beliefs. It would be akin to force feeding bacon to a Kosher-observing Jew.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18:

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.