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The Narcotic Farm is an hour-long historical documentary premiering on public television (check schedule for local listings). Narrated and scored by former inmate Wayne Kramer, the film tells the story of this long forgotten American institution through the voices of the former addicts who spent years of their lives locked within its walls.

The film also features candid interviews with former government doctors at “Narco� who reflect on both the challenges of treating addicts there and the research achievements made possible in a total institution populated by hardcore drug addicts. Astonishing, government-produced 16mm films and photographs take viewers back to the grounds and inside the walls of The Narcotic Farm, highlighting its thriving jazz scene and revealing publicly for the first time the experience of prisoners involved in this world famous drug research program.