It was one example to illustrate one of the potential problems. A much bigger issue is as pointed out by harimau777: prescriptions often don't get filled on ti

It was one example to illustrate one of the potential problems. A much bigger issue is as pointed out by harimau777: prescriptions often don't get filled on time and sometimes not at all. Plenty of people run out of pills on holidays and have to suffer withdrawals, with suicidal ideation and actions being one of the symptoms of acute withdrawal from benzos. Daily medication that requires a prescription is a huge problem for people that actually have to take it. What if they can't afford it at some point? What if their physician changes and the new physician doesn't want to prescribe it? Why are we even defending daily medication? If there is any possibility of a permanent cure, obviously that is a much better choice of treatment.