Confidential File: Barbiturates

Confidential File: Barbiturates

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Confidential File: Barbiturates

1955

0h 30m

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A filmed sequence dramatizes the problems addressed in the program: the story of a working mother addicted to barbiturates initially prescribed by her doctor.

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