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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by infamouscow on Saturday May 14, 2022 @08:14PM (#31384014)
These drugs chemically change the brain, so your brain might fall into a state where you lose control.

Drugs often get pulled decades after being approved, usually because the safety studies were not expansive enough to give a complete picture of the danger. For example: Varenicline.

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by engineeringwoke on Sunday May 15, 2022 @07:47AM (#31386971)
Just like all drugs, but the downsides of criminalization have been obvious for decades. I don't see a solution that isn't all drugs being cheap and legal.
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