While this episode of "Quincy" seems very paranoid, there are shreds of truth to it. While I am loathe to attack the US government, it has been documented that a variety of studies (often involving people who had no idea they were being experimented upon) where the military gave people LSD--just to see what it would do! Project MKUltra and the Edgewood Arsenal experiments are both documented studies where LSD and other nasty drugs were given to soldiers, prostitutes, the mentally ill and others! This is an evil thing and so I can understand why "Quincy" addressed it--and talked about the context during which it was used.
The show begins with a Japanese-American guy going nuts and killing a cop. It turns out the guy is an old friend of Sam's and Sam gets involved in the case--only to learn that his friend had just killed himself while in custody. Why?! What led to such a huge personality change in the man? When Sam knew him growing up, his friend was gentle and kind. Now, he's been described as angry and almost demented--and a murderer. Through digging and digging, Sam (behaving much like Quincy) finds out that the man was experimented upon with LSD! What's next? See this one.
When the show began, I thought it was all bunk. But, after doing just a bit of research, the show challenged my assumptions--and for this reason alone it's well worth seeing, as it may just challenge you. What also makes this worth seeing is the very funny (and hypocritical) scene where Quincy admonishes Sam to 'not jump to any conclusion'!!!