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34. I especially like Frontline's deep dives. Earlier this season I watched the segment on

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RFK Jr. Geesh...it blew my mind. He was selling heroin and cocaine while he attended Harvard -- sold speedballs, which combines both drugs. Plus, the program delved into the suicide of his second wife (she hanged herself) and his sex addiction. He didn't come out of that program looking very good at all.

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I especially like Frontline's deep dives. Earlier this season I watched the segment on allegorical oracle 13 hrs ago #34

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