Our Impact
Part of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition’s (BIC) outreach efforts includes awareness and education via many well-known media outlets and publications, conferences and other awareness events and even researching benzodiazepine and their potential for injury. Members of BIC are frequently contacted for interview or commentary in various projects. BIC also maintains a close working relationship with the large benzodiazepine-affected community, serving as a vital bridge, connecting researchers, journalists and other media outlets with patients willing to share their experiences. If you are conducting research, working on a benzodiazepine story, seeking benzodiazepine patients to interview or have an event we should attend, we can help. Please contact us with details.
Some of the media outlets we have assisted…
Media Outreach
The Benzodiazapine: The Next Opioid? Part One and Part Two
MK Menzodoza KSFR Radio
Medical study links miscarriages to anti-anxiety pills
Emily Baucum NBC San Antonio
An Interview with Dr. Christy Huff
Erin Stair, M.D., MPH, Causes or Cures Podcast
Video: Guard watched one of inmate’s deadly seizures
Ken Kolker, NBC Wood TV
Safe Prescription Drug Use
Amy Keller, RN, Drugwatch
Xanax withdrawal: 'I was fighting for my life'
Susan Samples, NBC Wood TV
Doctors, Patients Struggle with Benzodiazepine Use
Matt Smith, WebMD.com
Woman says anti-anxiety pills have stolen her life
Emily Baucum, News 4 Troubleshooter, NBC San Antonio
The Rise of the Social Media Doctor
Dana Corriel, M.D., Self
The Deadly Worst Case Scenario for America's Xanax Obsession
Maia Szalavitz, Vice
Seidman: An epidemic — and it’s not opioids
Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald Tribune
This Is Why Xanax Is Blowing Up in America
Maia Szalavitz, Vice
Dangers of rising benzo prescriptions raise alarms of next drug crisis
NBC News with Lester Holt
These Pills Could Be Next U.S. Drug Epidemic, Public Health Officials Say
Christine Vestal, Pew Trusts
Talk Radio Europe July 11, 2011
Stacy Pinkerton
Overprescribed Podcast with Dr. Christy Huff
Overprescribed with Mika Pollack
A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly
Paula Span, New York Times
With benzos, a doctor discovers ease of dependency, ordeal of withdrawal
M.J. Tidwell, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Cause-of-death finding bolsters cover-up claim in Fremont County jail inmate’s death
Lance Benzel, The Gazette
Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication
Teresa Carr, Consumer Reports
I Tried to Get Off Ativan
Harriet Brown, Vice
A New Patient-Initiated Coalition Battles Benzos
Allen Frances, M.D., Rehabs.com
Events
Angela and Sonja hand out literature at our table at NCAD East 2019
BIC attends the National Conference on Addiction Disorders East 2019
Dr. Huff was interviewed by M.K. Mendoza about the benzodiazepine problem for Santa Fe public radio KSFR
BIC attending the Indiana Attorney General’s Drug Abuse Symposium
Dr. Pittman speaking on benzodiazepines at the Indiana Conference
Listen to her talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXZ0fKtgW1s
Dr. Pittman taking the stage
A slide from the presentation
Sonja Styblo, Stephen LaCorte and Dr. Catherine Pittman at the Indiana Symposium
Stephen at the Indiana Symposium
Sonja at our table at the Attorney Generals Drug Abuse Symposium in Indiana
Lisa Braun, NP Hosts Dependence Lunch and Learn
