Dr. Michael Bohan: Benzodiazepines & Their Withdrawal

Dear Senator McMurtry, I was pleased to learn of your bill to address the rampant over-prescribing of these medications. Addictive use is only part of the problem, their role in accidents, depression, suicide and premature…

“Masha’s” father’s life was destroyed because he followed his prescription for Ativan.  She contacted the Benzodiazepine Information
Coalition to share his suicide note, hoping to raise awareness about the dangers of prescribed benzodiazepines.  She states that “My father is dead.  He hanged himself in 2015.  He was taking Ativan for anxiety, as was Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden).  In light of Cornell’s suicide, also by hanging, I feel a duty to share my father’s suicide note.  If this letter speaks to you, please share it.”