…tried various soothing and coping mechanisms, including the “cry it out” method, but nothing worked. Then, when Nancy was three months old, the doctor prescribed Phenobarbital. Just a few drops on her tongue, as needed. Thus began Nancy’s love affair with substances.

The Vicious Death of Nancy Spungen
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Aymes Sarah
1 min readMay 26, 2020

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WTF?! No wonder she became addicted to heroin later in life! wow.

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