In 1982, the British government learned that benzodiazepines (derivatives of Valium: Xanax, Lexomil, Lysanxia, Myolastan, etc.) could cause serious neurological disorders. 30 years later… doctors are still handing out pills like Smarties!

The Independent on Sunday has dropped a bombshell. The British newspaper has obtained some rather embarrassing confidential documents. In 1981, following the findings of Professor (now emeritus) Malcolm Lader, a renowned researcher in the field of psychiatry, the Medical Research Council (MRC, a government institute) organized a scientific brainstorming session to discuss the brain shrinkage that occurred in some patients taking benzodiazepines. The following year, the MRC decided to delve deeper into the subject to assess the long-term impact of these molecules. Then, nothing. The Department of Health took no action.

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No “official” long-term neurological toxicity tests have ever been carried out on these drugs (Xanax, Lexomil, Lysanxia, Myolastan, etc.), which are sold in tens of millions of copies and are supposed to combat anxiety, stress, insomnia, and muscle spasms. Professor Lader said: ” I was receiving money for other research and did not want to be labeled as the person who killed benzodiazepines… I should have been more proactive… I assumed the prescription would dry up, but doctors continued to throw them around like Smarties .”