Some people lack of intelligence
Correct English would be some people lack intelligence, you don't need the word "of" in your statement, but you already knew that...
Knowledge is the collection of skills and information a person has acquired through experience. Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge. Just because someone lacks knowledge of a particular subject doesn't mean they can't apply their intelligence to help solve problems. However, my knowledge is directly related to my personal experience and the experience of hundreds of others on this forum and other Benzo recovery sites. What you should have said is some people lack "knowledge" not intelligence as knowledge is what you already know and intelligence is your ability to learn or acquire knowledge...but you already knew that....
How many US prescriptions are benzodiazepines?
In 2019, an estimated 92 million benzodiazepine prescriptions were dispensed from U.S. outpatient pharmacies, with alprazolam (38%) being the most common followed by clonazepam (24%) and lorazepam (20%). In 2018, an estimated 50% of patients dispensed oral benzodiazepines received them for two months or longer...
For the sake of having real numbers, assume that 1,000 people die each year from a CT from Benzodiazapines in the US..... 1000/92,000,000 comes out to 0.000010869% or in scientific terms is pretty much the same as ZERO which I have been saying all along. And the people you mentioned were almost always incarcerated. If someone did a CT on their own, like I did, and started having seizures, they could always take another Benzo. The issue isn't just the cold turkey, but the incarceration or position the person is in when they do a CT that prevents the person from reinstating and doing a proper taper.
I am not promoting a CT. A proper taper is recommended, but to suggest that "a lot" of people die from doing a CT is "reckless" at best and simply not true! Incarcerated people have no choice but to continue with their CT, but those not incarcerated have the option to reinstate or increase their dose, which is common practice during a taper if symptoms become too intense. It's an apples to oranges comparison using CT deaths from those incarcerated vs. those that have the option to respond to their symptoms after a self-directed CT.
An incarcerated person has no choice in a CT, whereas almost all on this forum that ended up doing a CT choose the CT either on their own or at a rapid detox or some type of detox/drug center that could monitor their symptoms. Again, comparing the two is an apples to oranges comparison!
Otherwise the message you are sending people on this forum is that if you do a CT, you could simply and easily die, which again, based on the number of prescriptions and the number of deaths, is EXTREMELY rare.
