Public Health England Launches Investigation into Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal

 

Inner Compass Initiative

41 min ·

Our friends at the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (UK) (CEPUK) have announced some big news that we're eager to be sharing with the ICI and TWP community:
Public Health England has launched an official investigation that will look into prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, focusing on antidepressants, benzodiazepines, Z-drugs (i.e. "sleep aids"), GABAergic drugs, and opioids.
It's very significant that an official government public health authority has named psychiatric drug dependence as both a real *and* serious public health matter requiring investigation and solutions.

Keep reading to learn more-- and please help to spread the word!