Blog by director/producer Holly Hardman and Guest Voices
Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan – all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines (benzos). News and entertainment media portray them in terms of addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that relax nerves.
AS PRESCRIBED documents a strikingly different narrative, following eye-opening stories of invisible illness and disability. Boston-based survivor Geraldine Burns leads a grassroots army of “good patients” that help other victims and advocate tirelessly for benzodiazepine harm awareness. But resistance is strong. Geraldine and her cohorts are opposed by powerful forces that include pharmaceutical giants and a medical culture that has denied the problem for decades.
Our campaign will lift the veil on an invisible crisis—the overprescription of benzodiazepines. These widely marketed and prescribed pills have a darker side—one that has been overlooked for too long.
Help us raise funds for Impact & Outreach. As Prescribed needs to be seen widely and used for important change. Help us fund research studies at two top universities, organize efforts for meaningful legislation and policy reform, and support our ongoing, far-reaching advocacy for the benzodiazepine awareness cause.
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