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October 1956

Tranquilizers. . .!?

THEY CALL THEM "A SAFE NEW DRUG" - Voice-of-experience report. . .

PERHAPS THEY ARE for the "civilians" but for us, they may spell trouble. They did for me, anyway. Going under various names--thorazine, mebaral, sedamyl, butiserpine, nembu-serpin, equanil, dimethylane, butibel, miltown, sparine, reserpine, to name a few--these medical discoveries are also known as "mood pills", "don't-give-a-damn pills" (Time, Feb 24) and are supposed to help those with an anxiety, nervousness, tensions, etc.

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