Peter Turkel
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Peter Rudd Turkel was born in New York City
New York City
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 in 1940, son of Jack Turkel and Roma Rudd Turkel. Peter Turkel wrote articles about drug use among teens as a beat reporter for the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....

. He authored a book, The Chemical Religion
The Chemical Religion
The Chemical Religion is a non-fiction book by Peter Turkel. Written in 1969, it explores the drug culture of the time....

, on the same subject.

Peter Rudd Turkel died in car accident in North Carolina
North Carolina
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in 1987.
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