by John Zenoni
‘Take Your Pills: Xanax’, currently streaming on Netflix, is a revealing documentary about the staggering increase in the use of anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication in the U.S. The number of people who are diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression is now 1 out of 3 people, thus the reason for the increase in prescriptions. The fascinating thing about this documentary is that it interviews doctors, pharmacists and scientists - the majority of whom do see a purposeful use in the medicines - who tend to agree that as a country, we have now over-medicated ourselves with the drugs and have too much of a dependency on them. The show also interviews patients who showcase the positive and negative side of the drugs used to treat their issue(s). This is a very interesting and informative documentary.
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