In Prescription Nation, the three-part series from RTÉ Investigates, we look at prescription drug consumption in the public health system. In part two, we look at benzodiazepine prescribing.

In an RTÉ Investigates three-part series, Prescription Nation, we look at the consumption of prescription drugs in the public health system. Today part one puts antidepressants under the spotlight.

In the final article of the RTÉ Investigates series, Prescription Nation, we reveal that while prescribing for benzodiazepines has fallen, the easy availability of these drugs on the streets and the internet means consumption remains a serious problem.