benzodiazepine
By Maria Diaz
I never had a problem with drugs until a doctor prescribed me benzos to treat panic attacks. It worked—and then I got hooked. Does that make me an addict or a victim? MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Klonopin, other benzodiazepines are rapidly becoming everybody's second-favorite drug of abuse. MORE
It's not Adderall or even Oxy. It's Klonopin. And doctors are doling it out like candy, causing a surge of hellish withdrawals, overdoses and deaths. MORE
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