A benzodiazepine /ˌbɛnzɵdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/ (sometimes colloquially “benzo”; often abbreviated “BZD”) is a psychoactive drug whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. The first such drug, chlordiazepoxide (Librium), was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach…