Posted by Quintal on February 5, 2007, at 12:43:50
In reply to Just a question, posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 5, 2007, at 10:25:09
>What is, then, in peoples' opinion, the reason why the UK is so particulary 'benzophobic'? I always assumed (wrongly?) that it was down to Prof Aston's work. To be fair, I thought that she was some sort of academic anomaly, but perhaps I can see what Quintal is saying. But then, I'm curious, what caused the benzophobia?
Much anti-benzo hysteria was whipped up by Esther Rantzen on her 'That's Life!' consumer advice programme during the mid 1980's. She set up a help-line and even some sort of 'benzo meter' recording the number of people who had managed to quit them over a period of years since her campaign started. You might have seen enough of her personality to guess that she didn't give up the campaign that made her famous and won so many viewer ratings without a fight.
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