News

News

Council for Information on Tranquillisers, Antidepressants, and Painkillers

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39414&SESSION=899

Progress in the Houses of Parliament

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/action-on-britains-epidemic-of-pill-addiction-1812269.html

Article on the effect of involuntary prescription medication addiction

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6550284/150000-dementia-sufferers-being-prescribed-anti-psychotic-drugs-unnecessarily.html

Article on the unnecessary prescriptions of some anti-psychotic medications

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1046612/How-doctors-turning-millions-INTO-addicts.html

Article on the dangers of presciption medication addiction

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1242502/Hooked-happy-pills-Internal-bleeding-Strokes-Birth-defects-The-long-term-effects-antidepressants-terrifying.html

Article on the long term effects of anti-depressants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1244833/Confessions-middle-class-pill-popper.html

Article on presciption medication addiction

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259892/Thousands-60s-hooked-tranquillisers-turned-virtual-zombies

Article on presciption medication addiction

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7662900/Valium-prescriptions-soar-during-recession.html

Report stating valium prescriptions have soared during the recession

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/drugs-linked-to-brain-damage-30-years-ago-2127504.html

Article showing the link between benzodiazepines and brain damage, 30 years ago

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-sandwich-the-coalition-says-this-will-be-a-priority-thats-what-the-last-government-said-too-2127505.html

Article on the lack of action taken by successive governments