Sonja Styblo has acted as a community organizer in the area of informed consent for benzodiazepine prescription. Sonja is an iatrogenic victim herself. She is interested in the intersection of benzodiazepines and complex post- traumatic stress. Sonja is a licensed social worker who holds degrees in social work and philosophy. Sonja has been invited to speak at graduate and doctorate social work policy courses about her work in informed consent.
A Massachusetts Benzo Bill That Mandates Informed Consent – Mad In America
The second public hearing for H.3594, An Act Relative to Benzodiazepines and Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotics, was held on September 12th.
As Prescribed, A Documentary Film by Holly Hardman
As Prescribed is a feature documentary film directed by Holly Hardman exposing the human devastation caused by benzodiazepines.
With benzos, a doctor discovers ease of dependency, ordeal of withdrawal
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a four-part series on the role of sedatives known as benzodiazepines in the nation’s opioid crisis. Dr. Christy Huff, a Texas cardiologist, was prescribed Xanax after a dry-eye syndrome caused her eyes to “feel like…