One of the major side effects of Ambien is anterograde amnesia, some people are less sensitive to it, but generally anything you do in "black out" phase will be a complete blur the next day. I used to take it an hour before bed and try to get some work done, I'd usually wake up the next day to several pages of code with absolutely no recollection of writing it.

Sounds like it's a gateway drug to demon possession (or at least descriptions of it -- in case of an atheist reading).

Those people typically have not had any experiance with benzos and are over perscribed. 3mg is equal to 60mg of valium. Someone with no benzo tolerance getting 60mg of valium is going to blackout and act stupid too.