My husband's dr and trauma/neuro specialist would NEVER give him benzos for at home use!!! He was on benzos to detox him under the strict care of the trauma center in the ICU for 4 days after his motorcycle accident because he was scoring high on the wasp scale for withdrawal after going on a 12 day bender with nothing but vodka. From date of motorcycle accident (7/3/13) til the middle of September, he ate zero narcotics. It was only after he had brain surgery that he had pain meds to control his pain due to having a hole drilled into his skull and he was only given (20) Oxy 5's that I gave to him so he couldn't eat them like candy.
His PCP told him no benzos because of how dangerous they are to him because he is an alcoholic. That IMO makes him an excellent dr.