Increasing public exposure is vital to our cause.
Last updated January, 2022
W-BAD IN THE NEWS AND MEDIA
Below, you’ll find links to W-BAD media coverage. Currently, all links are to media coverage that mentions or is about World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day (W-BAD). Please note that articles which pertain to misuse or illegal use are not mentioned, because W-BAD promotes awareness of the risks associated with responsibly taking benzodiazepines as prescribed.
If you are aware of media coverage relating to W-BAD that isn’t listed here, please contact us with links to the coverage so that we can feature it.
Increasing public exposure is vital to our cause; everybody is encouraged to reach out to the media about W-BAD and/or the prescribed benzodiazepine problem. Please go to our contact media page for details.
2020
- Our Love Affair with Drugs: The History, the Science, the Politics by Jerrold Winter PhD, November 2020
2019
- Benzodiazepine Awareness Day Educates Public, Santa Fe Public Radio, July 11, 2019
- Torrington business to host Run/Walk For Your Life in July, The Register Citizen, June 11, 2019
- From Tokyo to Taranaki — how a prescription drug destroyed Wayne Douglas’ life, Stuff New Zealand, February 13, 2019
2018
- State Rep. Cook presents signed proclamation to CT representative for World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, The Litchfield County Times, November 30, 2018
- Seidman: An epidemic — and it’s not opioids, Herald Tribune, October 23, 2018.
- There’s a new drug crisis harming Americans, The Hill, September 25, 2018
- Benzo Dependencies Threaten South Florida’s Huge Elderly Population, Miami Montage, July 16, 2018
- Aurelio Costarella’s secret ‘hellish battle’ with drugs, PerthNow The Sunday Times, July 14, 2018
- Rep. Cook Presents Signed Proclamation to WorldBenzoDay.org Connecticut Representative During District Event, Connecticut House Democrats, July 12, 2018
- Torrington citizen recognized for efforts, The Register Citizen, July 12, 2018
- Run/Walk for Your Life Tomorrow in Torrington, Town Times News, July 10th, 2018
- Letter to the editor | Dangers in taking medicine long term, The Tribune-Democrat, July 11, 2018
- Letters to the Editor | World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, Daily American, July 5, 2018
- The hidden epidemic: How Ireland has become (addicted) to benzodiazepines, Independent, February 27, 2018
- Yorkshire patients call for a inquiry into the prescription of addictive legal drugs (appearance from W-BAD Chair, Barry Haslam – hyperlink to W-BAD), ITV News, 3 January 2018.
2017
- Calls for public inquiry into the prescription of legal drugs that could be as addictive as cocaine and heroin (interview with W-BAD Chair, Barry Haslam – reference to W-BAD), ITV Granada Television, 17 November 2017.
- W-BAD Founder, Wayne Douglas, talks to Dr. Peter Breggin about World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, PRN Radio, October 25th, 2017 (Peter Breggin MD).
- World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day: Raising Global Understanding, Mad in America, July 11, 2017.
- World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day: Sleep apnea and anxiety drugs do not mix, American Sleep Apnea Association, June 2017
2016 (inaugural year)
- July 11: Inaugural World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, July 11, 2016.
- World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day – say NO to Benzodiazepines for anxiety! Every Woman Over 29, July 11, 2016.
- ‘It is a world public health scandal’ Oldham Chronicle, July 7, 2016.
- Benzos: A Dance With the Devil / World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM, Mad in America, July 1, 2016.
- Early day motion 264 – WORLD BENZODIAZEPINE AWARENESS DAY, UK Parliament, June 29, 2016.
- New Video from World Benzo Awareness Day Event in Japan, Mad in America, June 29, 2016.
- Video: World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry, June 11, 2016.
- New Video For World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, Mad in America, June 7, 2016.
- EXCLUSIVE: World Benzo Awareness Day, First Step To End Global Dependency Woes, Morning News USA, April 30, 2016.
- World Benzo Awareness Day Launch, Mad In America, April 25, 2016.
- World Benzo Day aims to highlight the plight of all patients worldwide who have become prescribed drug dependents through no fault of their own, Oldham Chronicle, January 25, 2016.
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