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Why did Jones order his congregation to drink cyanide-laced Flavor Aid?

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Jim Jones ordered his congregation to drink cyanide-laced Flavor Aid as part of a mass murder-suicide at Jonestown in 1978. Jones had created an environment of fear and manipulation, convincing his followers that outside forces were conspiring against them. After murders at a nearby airstrip, he told his followers that it was time to "transition to the other side" and orchestrated the mass suicide. Armed guards enforced the act, and members were coerced into drinking the deadly mixture.

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