On the third season of The White Lotus – the hit drama about rich, troubled guests at luxury resorts and the staff forced to deal with them – matriarch Victoria Ratliff extols the benefits of the medication lorazepam on her social anxiety and trouble sleeping, leading her husband to steal her stash to cope with his own dark secrets.
But this week, researchers issued a stark warning after discovering that Google searches for the drug spiked by 1.6 million in the 12 weeks during and after the season was released in February. These searches included how and where to get the drug online.
