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FBI Files Reveal Chronic Back Pain Led Justice William H. Rehnquist to Drug Addiction


FBI files released though the Freedom of Information Act reveal that late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was addicted to the sleep-inducing drug PlacidylTM for more than a decade.
The FBI documents were prepared in 1986 during a routine background investigation when Rehnquist was nominated for Chief Justice, years after his problems with the drug ended. [...]