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This was Leah Betts, I expect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Leah_Betts

One of the many sources of hysteria around drugs in that period of time, and from the wikipedia it looks like it wasn't just anti-drugs campainers who exploited the situation; alcohol companies fearing competition had a go too...




Thanks for linking. Per the Wikipedia article, the drug was also to blame due to it suppressing her ability to urinate. It also quotes:

"If Leah had taken the drug alone, she might well have survived. If she had drunk the amount of water alone, she would have survived."




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