The Narcotic Farm

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

From 1935 until 1975, most junkies went to the Narcotic Farm, a prison/farm/research center for drug addiction. Nancy Campbell and J.P. Olsen, co-authors of The Narcotic Farm, talk about the prison’s rise and why it was ultimately shut down.

Event:
The accompanying documentary "The Narcotic Farm"
will be on TV Fri. Jan. 16 at 12:00 noon
NYC TV 25

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