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NEZAKONNOE POTREBLENIE NARKOTIChESKIKh SREDSTV, PSIKhOTROPNYKh VEShchESTV, IKh ANALOGOV PRIChINI͡AET VRED ZDOROVʹI͡U, IKh NEZAKONNYĬ OBOROT ZAPREShchEN I VLEChET USTANOVLENNUI͡U ZAKONODATELʹSTVOM OTVETSTVENNOSTʹ. SShA, nachalo XX veka. Tusii͡a Khazerli, vopreki ustoi͡avshimsi͡a predrassudkam, sumela poluchitʹ professii͡u vracha, odnako sovershila rokovui͡u oshibku v operat͡sionnoĭ i bolʹshe ne prikasaetsi͡a ni k skalʹpeli͡u, ni k stetoskopu. Chtoby soderzhatʹ syna-invalida, ona rabotaet na korsetnoĭ fabrike za groshi, a kogda i ėtot istochnik dokhoda issi͡akaet, ot otchai͡anii͡a prinimaet predlozhenie kharizmatichnogo predprinimateli͡a Khʹi͡ui: vladelet͡s brodi͡acheĭ truppy, vo vremi͡a predstavleniĭ on torguet sharlatanskimi snadobʹi͡ami i nadeetsi͡a, chto lit͡senzii͡a vracha pridast ego predprii͡atii͡u vidimostʹ zakonnosti. Tusii͡a kli͡anetsi͡a sebe uĭti, kak tolʹko rasplatitsi͡a s dolgami, no Khʹi͡ui ne nameren ee otpuskatʹ - u nego na molodui͡u zhenshchinu dalekoidushchie plany. Odnako v Galvestone, gde truppa ostanovilasʹ na zimovku, ikh zhdet surovoe ispytanie: vnezapno naletevshiĭ senti͡abrʹskiĭ shtorm prevrashchaetsi͡a v sokrushitelʹnyĭ uragan, opustoshai͡ushchiĭ poberezhʹe Meksikanskogo zaliva, - i ėto zastavit Tusii͡u vnovʹ obresti veru v medit͡sinu, v li͡udeĭ i v samu sebi͡a.

ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES IS HARMFUL TO HEALTH, AND THEIR ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. USA, the beginning of the 20th century. Tusia Khazerli, contrary to established prejudices, managed to become a doctor, but she made a fatal mistake in the operating room and no longer touches a scalpel or a stethoscope. To support her disabled son, she works in a corset factory for pennies, and when this source of income runs out, she desperately accepts the offer of charismatic entrepreneur Huey: the owner of a traveling troupe, he sells quack drugs during performances and hopes that a doctor's license will give his company the appearance of legality. Tusia vows to leave as soon as she pays off her debts, but Huey does not intend to let her go — he has far-reaching plans for a young woman. However, in Galveston, where the troupe has stopped for the winter, they will face a severe test: a sudden September storm turns into a devastating hurricane that devastates the Gulf coast, and this will force Tusia to regain faith in medicine, in people and in herself.