Confidential File: Barbiturates (1955)
• January 23rd, 1955 • 0h 30min
TV Movie, Documentary, Drama
Overview
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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