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  • A DVD of Professor C. Heather Ashton's lecture on April 4, 2006, Vancouver B.C. is now available. For more details and ordering information please visit this web site.

  • Psychiatric Medication Awareness Group, British Columbia.

  • British Columbia overdoses on tranquillizers, CanWest News, February 7, 2005.

  • Accro aux benzos, Châtelaine Magazine, Québec, April 2004: Saviez-vous que des médicaments comme l'Ativan, le Valium ou le Serax pourraient vous rendre dépendante ?

  • Manufacturing Addiction: The Overprescription of Benzodiazepines and Sleeping Pills to Women in Canada, Janet Currie, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, July 2003 (PDF file).

  • Why Are Canadians Taking So Many Prescription Drugs? (Transcript), CBC Radio's Commentary, January 8, 2003. Listen to the Commentary (Requires RealPlayer).

  • Benzodiazepine Addiction - An Open Letter by Julie Keyser, Canada.

  • Joan Gadsby's Addiction by Prescription Web Site.

  • Joan E. Gadsby's Main Page. All information and articles can now be accessed from Joan's Main Page.

  • The Effects of Tranquillization: Benzodiazepine Use in Canada, Health Canada Publication, 1982.

  • IMPORTANT: Benzodiazepines: Responsible Prescribing & Informed Use, Joan E. Gadsby, October 9, 2001 (Revised). Healthcare: Recommended Resolution to Canadian Government.

  • Addiction by Prescription, Victoria Times Colonist, February 1, 2002.

  • Addicted by Sonya Felix, Canadian Healthcare Manager, December 2001.

  • Natives awash in addictive sedatives, Ann Rees, The Vancouver Province, December 31, 2001.

  • Correspondence with Health Minister Allan Rock, September 2001.

  • Letter to the Honourable Allan Rock from the Women's Addiction Foundation and the Benzodiazepine Awareness Network, July 30, 2001.

  • Common questions about benzodiazepine risks, Andrea Gordon, Journal of Addiction and Mental Health, March/April 2001.

  • The Christine Nichols Story. A former soldier's fight against the military, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 14 February, 2001.

  • Health Canada Puts Benzos on The Controlled Substances List, June 22, 2000.

  • Triazolam Dispensing Guidelines, College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, 29 January 1999.

  • Canadian Parliamentary Debate on Benzodiazepines, Evidence, April 22, 1997.

  • Dr Ray Baker's Article on Addiction: Benzodiazepines in Particular.

  • Dr Ray Baker's Comments on the Benzo FAQ.

  • Doctor Backs Benzo Rules.

  • Women and Benzodiazepines, The Women's Addiction Foundation.

  • Les Benzodiazépines: Comment agissent-elles et comment s'en sevrer ? Professor C Heather Ashton DM, FRCP, 2002.

  • Les Benzodiazépines: Plus dangereuses qu'on ne le pense, The Women's Addiction Foundation.


    • Click to go to the Ashton Manual


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