Praise for Addiction by Prescription
"It is over 20 years since I, with others, first drew attention to
the extent and severity of dependence on therapeutic doses of
benzodiazepines. The suffering goes on, but Joan Gadsby's well
researched story should help focus public attention on this
appalling problem and it's solution."
---Dr. Malcolm Lader, Professor of Clinical Psychopharmacology,
Institute of Psychiatry, London, England
"...a must read for anybody who has ever taken or considered taking
a prescription sleeping pill for more than 1 to 2 weeks. It is also
essential reading for those of us who prescribe or dispense these
pills."
--Dr. James M. Wright, Departments of Pharmacology &
Therapeutics and Medicine, University of British Columbia
"This is a harrowing and brutally frank story of one woman's
struggle to free herself from mind-numbing and soul destroying
tranquilizing drugs....But she did triumph and has produced a
powerful call to action...."
--Dr. David Cohen, Professor, School of Social Sciences, University
of Montreal, and co-author of Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How
and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs