Educating communities on dangers of prescribed benzodiazepines
This page is for activism and campaigning purposes.
Pictured above: Rebecca Belschner, W-BAD South Carolina representative, at Myrtle Beach using the W-BAD materials to good effect at a Benzo Booth during Celebrate Recovery’s ‘Night of Hope’ event for W-BAD 2018.
Click the image below or go to Press Packet page to view and save interactive Press Packet PDF.
This interactive digital information packet includes press release information, photos, and information videos about World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day.
W-BAD has front and back printable distribution pamphlets in multiple languages that you can use when participating in World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day.
(8.5″ x 11″ standard printer paper)
Click here to view and save .PDF 1
Click here to view and save .PDF 2
Click here to view and save .PDF 3
These printable .PDFs were created by volunteers with convenient pull-tabs directing visitors to worldbenzoday.org. The idea is cost-effective and only requires one side to be printed. It is an informational hand-out for discussion and awareness purposes only.
Click here to view and save poster printable .PDF
This printable .PDF was designed to be hung in public places where passersby can quickly spot it. It is for awareness and discussion purposes only. Can also be used as a wearable placard (back and front) when handing out pamphlets.
You can change your profile picture on social media accounts to the W-BAD logo – an easy way to help raise awareness.
Feel free to make original materials
A W-BAD campaigner in 2018 printed some colorful information cards on cardstock.
Anyone participating in W-BAD should feel free to get creative with however they want to share information for discussion.
Always try to make sure your information is accurate — remember, these are to be responsible conversations about prescribed medications that can cause tolerance, physiologic dependence, interdose withdrawal, and a potentially lengthy withdrawal syndrome.
People who struggle with a substance abuse disorder should also feel free to discuss this, but please keep in mind that W-BAD’s focus is on prescribed benzodiazepines when used responsibly as directed, and that addiction and physiological dependence are not the same.
Pictured: Sonja Styblo in front of Harvard on W-BAD 2018. worldbenzoday.org is endorsed by a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Breggin.
*Note: While people are encouraged to discuss their own information points, W-BAD is not responsible for information discussed by any one person. All information and materials on worldbenzoday.org are for discussion and educational purposes only. They are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any illness, and they are not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. Always consult a trusted and knowledgeable healthcare provider before stopping, starting or making changes to your medical care or medication.
Also see Handouts and Resources