Research

Collecting, analysing, and disseminating data on
non-medical benzo use among young people

Call for participants

Find out more about how you can let your voice be heard in the Benzo Research Project's upcoming research.

Exploring the lived experiences of young people affected by benzodiazepine-related harms

Call for participants for an upcoming study by our volunteer and UCL Master's student Fintan Holland.

Recruiting now!

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Research Publications

Findings reports written by our Research Team, detailing their data collection, analyses, and interpretations.

Using the Freedom of Information Act to investigate local drug education and support in England and Wales

Coming 2025.

TBC 2025

Unpublished

The Benzo Research Project: An evaluation of recreational benzodiazepine use amongst UK young people (18-25)

A qualitative analysis of 73 anonymous young people (18-25) who have lived experience with non-medical benzo use in the UK.

December 2022

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7813470

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Research Team

AJ Martin

Head of Research

Holly Apps

Research Assistant

Orane Desilles

Research Assistant

Romi Dhawan

Research Assistant

Rainer
Geelmuyden

Research Assistant

Sadie Iddenden

Research Assistant

Ellen Moore

Research Assistant

Libby Nye

Research Assistant

Sebastian
Shelmerdine

Research Assistant

Cosimo Sidoti

Research Assistant

Annwen Thurlow

Research Assistant

What we do

• Collect and analyse data on young people's non-medical benzo use, using this to inform recommendations and future work that betters the lives of this demographic
• Disseminate our findings through publications, events, and conferences
• Support the Media and Policy teams to communicate our findings in social media posts, articles, policy briefs and more
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design, develop, and improve harm reduction initiatives for young people who use benzos

Do you have a question? Do you want to collaborate? Contact us