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|Body= The hospital's main building was built in 1817 as the Fayette Hospital, originally intended to house the area's poor & mentally ill. [[Eastern State Hospital Lexington|Eastern State Hospital in Lexington]], KY was established by a legislative act of Dec. 4, 1822 & was now operated by the state. In 1824 it admitted it's first patient and added 2 additional wings in 1825, then two more 4 years later.
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|Body= Aerial photo of the [[U.S. Narcotics Farm]] ca. 1933.  For nearly four decades, from the 1930s to the '70s, Lexington was a center for drug research and treatment. It drew addicts talented and desperate, obscure and celebrated, and provided free treatment and more: job training, sports, dental help, music lessons, even manicures. Research done there, much of it conducted with volunteer human subjects, yielded insights into drug addiction that still resonate today.
 
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Revision as of 07:19, 28 December 2009

Featured Image Of The Week

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Aerial photo of the U.S. Narcotics Farm ca. 1933. For nearly four decades, from the 1930s to the '70s, Lexington was a center for drug research and treatment. It drew addicts talented and desperate, obscure and celebrated, and provided free treatment and more: job training, sports, dental help, music lessons, even manicures. Research done there, much of it conducted with volunteer human subjects, yielded insights into drug addiction that still resonate today.