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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