Confidential File: Barbiturates

Confidential File: Barbiturates (1955)

January 23rd, 19550h 30min

TV Movie, Documentary, Drama
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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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