The Marilyn Monroe Scandal
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Drug Craze
Marilyn Monroe smoking
Despite her cheerful public persona, Monroe privately suffered from illness, depression, drug abuse and psychiatric problems. While filming
Something's Got to Give
in 1962, she died from an overdose of barbiturates, which is a sleeping induced drug.