The brain-softening junk
In 1995, Heather Ashton, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychopharmacology, also made a proposal to the MRC to study the link between benzo use and permanent brain damage. Her proposal was rejected. The MRC defends itself by claiming that once ” the conclusions of Malcolm Lader’s report were accepted ,” it was ready to fund ” any research application meeting the required scientific standards “… which, it claims, has still not happened to this day. Bad luck…
” Huge scandal “
MPs and lawyers are joining forces today to denounce a ” huge scandal ” (according to Jim Dobbin, chairman of an all-party parliamentary group on drug addiction) that could open the way to class action lawsuits involving up to 1.5 million patients who have become addicted to their own devices. Many of them are said to be exhibiting neurological symptoms consistent with Malcolm Lader’s findings. In the 1960s, advertised as completely harmless, benzos were touted as the first marvel of the pharmaceutical world. Within a decade, they had become the most commonly used in the UK. Except that these revolutionary drugs induce a particularly powerful addiction, and this within a few days.
