Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Saturday, October 01, 2005


Leo Sternbach, 97, who created Valium, the nation's most-prescribed drug during the 1970s, until critics claimed it was overused and newer drugs replaced it, died Sept. 28 at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Especially, we suspect, in America's luxury news suites.

Sternbach, who had tested the basic chemical compound on himself while developing it, said he didn't use Valium because it made him depressed.

We should wonder.

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