I'm guessing it was because people are more scared of taking unknown drugs than stopping taking their known-good drugs. IMO, we've gotten to a point in our soc

I'm guessing it was because people are more scared of taking unknown drugs than stopping taking their known-good drugs. IMO, we've gotten to a point in our society where there are risks we used to take routinely that we no longer think are acceptable, even when the alternative is complete failure. Prescribed medicine and other healthcare-related areas are some of those things.