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Wall Street Journal Article on the Dangers of Benzodiazepines

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been writing about this topic frequently lately it seems, which I am glad to see. I have been espousing this for a while, and the literature has been well known, but the public perception of these drugs seems to be lagging.


I liken it to the opiate crisis, just for a different demographic, and unfortuntaely we are about 10 years behind...


“I looked like a skeleton”: Xanax was once viewed as America’s wonder drug, but getting off of it is causing severe problems for some patients.




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