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‘Xanax’ linked to more than 200 deaths – BBC News

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At least 204 deaths have been linked to the misuse of anxiety drug Xanax in the UK since 2015, figures seen by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme reveal.
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  1. @BBCNews

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

  2. @3x157

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Dying from counterfeit Xanax is not the same as dying from the actual drug itself. I have been taking prescribed Xanax for more than 10 years. I have never abused it. Have never taken more than 1mg and only took 1.5 mg when my brother died and that was only for a few days. I mostly keep it at .50mg or less. I have some mental illness disorders and only go up when I feel I'm going to lose it, but I make sure I go back down; never up. How much Xanax/ how many mg are these people using. 20 pills of how many mg? What else are they putting in their system?

  3. @shmellzy8443

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    crazy to think people thought this was alot 4 years ago this epidemic has grown so much since then eversince f3nt came on the streets

  4. @user-of8zk1oo2f

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    If it’s counterfeit it’s not Xanax so it’s irrelevant

  5. @DiegoMateo-sc7fn

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

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    substance without stress.👇

  6. @SA-gf3th

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Funny thing I actually tried to overdose on it intentionally by taking 50 mg diazepam but back then my liver was fast so it didn't cause toxicity.
    But nowadays I'm less tolerant and prolly 5mg clonazepam might do the trick

  7. @leigh7507

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Dont take it more than once a week as its so addictive

  8. @sophieandwayne

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    You don’t even need to go on the dark web, it’s easy to get online! But if gp’s could prescribe it properly it would be managed better. The problem is drinking when taking it. And you can’t just stop, that’s more dangerous. And Xanax doesn’t make you high it’s like a benzodiazepine.

  9. @psilosighin

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    “They’re not working don’t worry mum” that is what benzos do, they give you delusions of sobriety, in your mind you are completely sober but from other peoples view you’re dribbling and slurring. The high of benzos is really a lack of a high and a lack of emotion.

  10. @frankygutierrez3715

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I took 509 then 1000 I was fine I don’t get with draw and etc

  11. @eilishfan4

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    We should stop romanticising this shit

    If it’s not controlled or if the drug is not suiting the person , provide healthier alternatives ❤❤

  12. @Rebecca-zr3lu

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏 Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and personal saviour??? I do. Thank you Father God for healing people from addictions of all kinds in Jesus name amen 🙏 Yesterday, today and tomorrow and for eternity in Jesus name amen 🙏 Thank you God for release from addictions of all kinds in Jesus name amen 🙏 Thank you God for keeping people from death in Jesus name amen 🙏

  13. @truthseek3017

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Propaganda

  14. @MusicHandsAbrupt

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I have taken Xanax AS PRESCRIBED for ten years. I have never had to increase my dosage or buy off of the street. These are people that have abused the drug, they are not people that use it responsibly.

  15. @monacophotographyevents2384

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Going on about counterfeit drugs…Don't take any of this rubbish in the first place, counterfeit or otherwise.

  16. @monacophotographyevents2384

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I can understand it if people get addicted 'accidentally' from an official prescription (although private prescriptions can be dodgy). I have no sympathy, whatsoever, for people that take any drugs recreationally., and that includes Alcohol and Tobacco.
    I feel the same about people that have elective cosmetic surgery.

  17. @LottoSmoke420

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Another thing they don’t mention is once you quit you’ll have worse anxiety then you did before you started taking them.

  18. @xaraprimex4669

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Again Don't understand shit he says only again, and again, hate Scottish accent…

  19. @teenuhhhhhh

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    A bit disingenuous to label counterfeit drugs 'xanax' deaths. If someone dies drinking rubbing alcohol, you wouldn't say they died from drinking. If someone died from K2, you wouldn't say they died from a marijuana overdose.

  20. @ChrisZybeZ

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    benzos in general make you feel calm. addictive. search gaba, they should make something that works the same thing that isnt addictive.,

  21. @cozycomfy1819

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Benzos saves also lives dont abuse

  22. @AmarPedroMiguel

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Eu tomava quando precisava, hoje já não estou precisando mais graças a Deus 🙌 tenho c ai xas do Frontal original para d ar a quem pre cisar, irei d ar as que tenho aqui pra quem precisar. Na época que usei ele me ajudou muito, Graças a Deus hoje ja não preciso mais para dormir nem para o pânico. Qualquer coisa meu fa ce é Débora Santos Pedro Miguel.

  23. @brokenamygdala

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Been taking Xanax everyday for 20 years. It's harmless in small doses. I have Tourettes Syndrome so it helps calm me down and suppress my tics. Dark web, illegal Xanax is mixed with Fentanyl, DO NOT TOUCH IT!

  24. @geekinhard343

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Its crazy most pressed xanax bars nowadays are made with research checmical benzos like clonazolam, or flubromazolam that are over 20x the strength of xanax. U can be blacked out for multiple days or even a week

  25. @geekinhard343

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Ive never seen another drug that has as many functioning drug addicts as xanax does. So many people are completly addicted to this and you would have no idea they even use drugs at all. Its a drug that u can be nearly blacked out from, and in many instances seem completly sober to the people around you. Theres not many drugs like that. Its a sad addiction.

  26. @MikeSpencer-ko1yn

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    @Mycoandrew1

  27. @jamesreid343

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    5.53 RIP Patrick x
    If anyone knows how Andy is lmk

  28. @fergaoneill5323

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Very very sad

  29. @Oldndazed

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Just seeing bars makes me taste them …. I haven’t had one in YEARS- even the weather in the fall/early spring I can just taste it (bc those blackout seasons were the worst 🤷‍♂️)
    Benzos are fricking insane

  30. @renewalters4064

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I take xanax from my dokter,wouw 😮

  31. @joedirt5393

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Xanax make me steal & I can have a pocket full of money & still I would like to take stuff y idk

  32. @joedirt5393

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Xanax save my life! Sum errors in my life I won’t to kill myself or hurt sum one but I take a zan & I’ll forget about the thoughts of suicide.❤ Xanax can make you or break you!#facts

  33. @joedirt5393

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Houston,tx! I love Xanax!🎉 I get mine at a Mexico 🇲🇽 pharmacy, never get pills on the street!don’t gamble with your life.

  34. @baby_joe

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I tell you what, that xanax is really moorish

  35. @joshua22267

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Benzos are weird there not addictive because if the high. There addictive because they get rid of your problems. Hands down opiates are the most euphoric, but i csn take or leave opiates. Benzos on the other hand get you stuck. If ypu dont get your dose, you dont just get sick, you get seizures. Opiates are dangerous when you use them, benzos are dangerous coming off.

  36. @user-qq3bl6py3g

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Improves focus because anxiety is removed. And you’re just responding without fear

  37. @gerardfitzpatrick2878

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I would never buy them off the streets. Im prescribed xanax and zopiclone, and I only take them when I need them. I dont drink much so if iv had a stress free week Il take say 4mg xanax and 15mg zopiclone on Saturday evening at home watching netflix.

  38. @conormcstretcher

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    I was a benzo addict suffered number of seizures and memory lost. It's almost 5 years since i left those pills and that time was the worst

  39. @OpanaRapSoberawarenopressed

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Ifnirnprescribed your okay and you taking my doctor tells you you don't take the whole to borrow you. Take a f**** 0.5 throughout the whole day. You take a 0.5 in the morning and when you having a lady attack you take another 0.5 and before you go to bed take 0.5 then you have a 0.5 in the morning cuz people are abusing them and they're not going to wear a doctor. I haven't been on health issues. I have my whole life but rest in peace man

  40. @ggallin5080

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    The guy asking ‘why don’t you just quit’ doesn’t understand the absolute hell withdrawal is. And it can last up to a year so you feel like it will never end and it can also kill you. I’ve experienced seizures from it myself. And even once it does end; you feel shittier than you did when you decided to take Xanax in the first place because all the issues you’ve repressed have just built up even more and not been dealt with. At least with most other drugs you go through a few months of withdrawals and then at least feel better. Theirs no such reward system with Xanax. I think we need a treatment for people recovering from Xanax that is different from other programs.

  41. @zelosmiman5533

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Xanax (Alprazolam) has an astonishing LD50 of 2171mg/per kilogram of body weight. An 80kg person would have to consume 19 full grams (19000mg) of that stuff to die. Thats literally mountains of pills. No Xanax doesnt kill people, mixing Xanax with Alcohol, Opiates and other drugs is what kills people.

  42. @ThehulkGreen

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Xanax took 2 friends from this world. Danny cox and one of my oldest friend's claire marsh. I am so gutted she is gone, i keep having images of us playing in our back lane. Claire was such a sweet human, i loved her heart. She was very special. R.i.p both danny and claire. I am heartbroken.

  43. @awfulzi1535

    December 17, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    The. Just don’t buy em from the dark web🤷🏻

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