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Patti Davis Says Mother Popped Pills; Autobiography Also Claims Nancy Reagan Slapped Her
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The Washington Post
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April 30, 1992
- Author:
- Donnie Radcliffe
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Patti Davis says she isn't the only Reagan who said yes to
drugs. In her just-published autobiography, she writes that her
mother, Nancy Reagan, habitually used prescription tranquilizers,
sleeping pills and diuretics even after she and Ronald Reagan moved
to the White House. She also writes that her mother often slapped
her when she was growing up.
Davis, 39, stops short of using the word "addict" to describe
the former First Lady, who during her husband's two terms as
president exhorted millions of Americans to "Just Say No" to drugs.
However, she says that for long periods her mother was taking
tranquilizers three to four times a day. "I didn't want to call her
an addict - I'm not a ...