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Season 13 · Episode 5
Landed Tue, 18 Feb 1986 · 21:00 your time · 1 episode · 1h 0m
Season 13, Episode 5 of NOVA aired Tuesday, 18 February 1986 at 9pm ET on PBS.
- S13E05The Case of the Frozen AddictIn July 1982, a 42-year-old addict in a San Jose, California jail became paralyzed—unable to move or talk. His symptoms, caused by a bad batch of synthetic heroin, were indistinguishable from those associated with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative nerve disorder that strikes the elderly. NOVA traces the story of a "designer" drug which could lead to a major medical breakthrough.
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