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Benzodiazepines require heroic doses before they start to depress respiration. At low doses, like what you’d use to keep someone calm, it’s a non-issue.

Not sure why you’d want them so sedated that they are semiconscious.

It doesn’t take much to keep someone from freaking out.



It would take quite a large doze of benzos to keep someone calm enough to drag them underwater through a cave when they can't swim.

You'd also want to stop them from moving about and potentially causing trouble.


The whole point was to fully anesthetize them, not merely sedate them. The risk that they’d panic or become disoriented was too great.


Seems like overkill to me! I’ve seen people given reasonable doses of benzodiazepines be quite compliant!




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