I remember the rollout for Prozac. I think it was on the COVID of Time or Newsweek or one of the then popular newsweeklies in the United States. And it Prozac was hailed as a wonder drug that was going to fix America's psychiatric problems. And it didn't. But it was also described as a drug that helped, as I recall, that helped regulate, and I'm quoting, chemical imbalances in the brain. It was not described as something that would numb you. (03:36–03:46)
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