Daughter of controversial academic Jordan Peterson says he flew to Russia for treatment after becoming addicted to prescription drugs
Controversial Canadian academic Jordan Peterson has been treated in Russia for addiction, his daughter said.Jordan Peterson, a controversial Candian academic popular among conservatives, sought treatment in Russia for an addiction to anti-anxiety medication, his daughter said.
She said Friday the dosage of her father's anti-anxiety medication was increased last year when her mother, Tammy Peterson, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. While details about Tammy Peterson's health aren't entirely clear, she appears to have made a full recovery following her grim diagnosis, according to a previous video posted by Peterson's daughter.
"Neither our family nor our doctors here believe this is a case of psychological addiction," she said. "Benzodiazepine physical dependence due to brain changes can occur in a matter of weeks. It can be made even worse by paradoxical reactions that are difficult to diagnose. It can be extremely dangerous. We've been told and hope that dad will recover fully but it will take time, and he still has a ways to go. We're extremely lucky and grateful that he's alive.
Friday wasn't the first time Peterson has mentioned her father's struggle with addiction. In September 2019, she posted a video to her YouTube channel that first mentioned a stint in rehab due to his addiction to clonazepam, a Benzodiazepine, though she didn't mention it by name in the February video. "I've never seen my dad like this," Peterson said in an eight-and-a-half-minute video last fall. "He's having a miserable time of it. It breaks my heart.
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