Lady Macbeth wanting to purge a stain Benzodiazepines are a class of medicines that are as widely used as they are frequently criticized. As a class they have become stained largely as a result of the decades-long opiate crisis and the association of benzodiazepines with addiction. Let's try and understand the stigma around benzodiazepines—and why it persists For the purpose of discussion, I regard a stain as a blemish, something that is not essential to the inherent proper