Richard Crasta

Benzo Land Richard Crasta

A public interest book on the phenomenon of tens of millions of accidental or bamboozled addicts of Benzodiazepines, "Benzo Land" points out to multinational pharmaceutical companies as major culprits who have kept people (even doctors and the media) in the dark about the dangers of Benzodiazepines. In much of America and the Third World, Benzodiazepines, a class of tranquilizers and sleeping pills (which include Valium, Xanax, and Ambien) are often mindlessly and irresponsibly prescribed by doctors. These doctors have been brainwashed about the merits of these drugs by unethical drug companies. [Author's clarification: I have good friends and ex-friends who are ethical, compassionate, and highly competent doctors, who nevertheless are unaware of the destructive dangers of Benzodiazepines.]The author was closely related to an American psychiatrist, resulting in an inside view of the deceptions and brainwashing and suppression of negative information practiced by major pharmaceutical companies. This book combines personal memoir with information that is, in general, based on authoritative sources. By the author of eight other books, including the bestselling novel, "The Revised Kama Sutra."