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💊📺 In the 1950s and 60s, America fell under the spell of a new promise — a pill that could smooth emotions, erase anxiety, and make life feel effortlessly calm. Doctors handed out tranquilizers like candy, advertisements glamorized them, and millions of people quietly slipped into dependency before anyone realized the cost.
Tonight, close your eyes and drift into the soft, nostalgic glow of mid-century America, and uncover the quiet crisis hiding behind the smiles and television screens.
👉 Boring History For Sleep | Calm voices, forgotten crises, mid-century mystery. 💤
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