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by mnm1 2855 days ago
Taking patients off benzos without properly tapering them off can lead to death. Some clinics are putting their own liability worries ahead of patients' well-being and risking patients lives in the process. It's not every place, but the places that do this clearly do not have the patients' best interests in mind. It's hard not to think that it's because they are dealing with addicts that they even consider such actions. The way addicts are treated at some clinics is simply unbelievable. They are lied to, disrespected, and ignored. That's bad enough but putting their lives in danger based on something that's allegedly common knowledge but hasn't even been studied is beyond preposterous. However as you say, they are raking in the dough so what do they care. It's not everywhere, but it's like that at a lot of clinics.