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2025-04-07 13:07:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EC47998090661ECD9F7A6576EB1C9C2D3485C0F58BE87FF4F73508851A1310C6
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Valium wasn’t approved for medical use until 1963; data suggests less than 5% of women ever used it in the first 2 decades of availability. It's also estimated fewer than 15-18% of women used barbiturates in the 50s and diet pills were used even less. Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3990949/#:~:text=Diazepam%20is%20the%20generic%20name,billion%20tablets%20sold%20in%201978. https://www.news-medical.net/health/Barbiturate-History.aspx
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