Has Assange been Poisoned?

I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM THIS STORY.
THOUGH KAREN KWIATOWSKI IS USUALLY A RELIABLE SOURCE, I HAVE DE-HEADLINED IT.  - JOSH MITTELDORF (Tue 6PM)

Karen stands by her story, has a secret inside source.  See comment section.
- JJM (Tue 10 PM)

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A drug has been administered that induces psychosis.  Assange is hospitalized, incoherent and unable to communicate sensibly. The chemical is called BZ.  Here is a description from the New Yorker:

“Exposed soldiers exhibited bizarre symptoms: rapid mumbling, or picking obsessively at bedclothes and other objects, real or imaginary. “…The drug’s effect lasted for days. At its peak, volunteers were totally cut off in their own minds, jolting from one fragmented existence to the next. They saw visions: Lilliputian baseball players competing on a tabletop diamond; animals or people or objects that materialized and vanished. ….