Dr. Des Crowley:

Many more GPs would get involved in benzo detoxification if the support structures were in place. Most GPs fear being left with a patient on a benzodiazepine prescription, finding it hard to reduce or come off it and then we get into the issue of overprescribing and being identified, whereas these patients are benzodiazepine-dependent, so the prescribing of benzodiazepines to dependent people is actually good practice.