How 'The Queen's Gambit' Misrepresents Substance Abuse

As the daughter of an artist with a drug addiction, seeing this misrepresentation perpetuated on The Queen’s Gambit almost ruined the show for me.
Beth's brilliance at chess is intrinsically connected to her use of Xanzolam pills, spreading a dangerous representation of the link between drugs and genius.

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There is no country in the world where women are equal to men in chess': Greater Manchester-born grandmaster Nigel Short on the Queen's Gambit and gender in the game - Manchester Evening News

The “Queen's Gambit” Blatant Mistreatment of Addiction – The Express

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The Queen's Gambit depicts the 1960s without sexism - The Washington Post

The Queen's Gambit' lures viewers with a post-#MeToo utopia