Depressants (Downers)
Depressants or Downers are drugs that slow down the functions of the central nervous system and make you less aware of the events around you.
Legal Depressants
Alcohol - Alcohol is the most general legal depressant. There are different types of alcohol such as beer, wine and liquor. Alcohol acts a psychoactive drug that weakens attention and reduces reaction speed. Alcohol overdose affects the brain resulting in slurred speech, clumsiness and delayed reflexes. Other physiological impacts include altered insight of space and time, weakened psychomotor skills, affecting balance. Instant effects of alcohol intoxication include spurred speech, sleep problems, nausea and vomiting. Eve when you consume low doses, alcohol impairs judgment and coordination considerably.
Barbiturates - This group of drugs is also known as sedative-hypnotics. They help in sleep disorders and reduce anxiety. Barbiturates generate impacts ranging mild sedation to entire anesthesia. They can be injected directly into veins and muscles but regularly taken in pill form. Signs of intoxication comprise respiratory depression, low blood pressure, exhaustion, fever, strange excitement, irritability and seizures. The major risk of intoxication is respiratory depression. Other impacts of barbiturate overdoes include drowsiness, slurred speech and loss of inhibitions.
Benzodiazephine - This is a prescription drug used to treat anxiety problems, alcohol withdrawal signs or muscle spasm. It is at times applied with other medicines to cure seizures. The most common Benzoz include xanax, activan and valium. Avoid taking more than the prescribed amount. Benzodiazephine overdose can be dangerous. It can be very addictive. Avoid sharing it with other people, particularly a person with a drug abuse background.
Illegal Depressants
Marijuana, Cannabis - This drug is normally smoked in a similar way like to a cigarette. Marijuana side effects include; memory and understanding problems, deformed perception, problem with thinking and solving issues, loss of coordination, nervousness, fear, seizures and intensified heart rate.
Opiates - Opiates are contained in opium. The most active opiates are morphine, codeine and thebaine which are legal when prescribed or administered by medical personnel. Semi-artificial opiod like heroin and oxycodone are produced from these substances too. Opiates are injected, smoked or snorted into the body system. Temporary effects of opiate overdose include of a surge of euphoria paired with a warm flushing of the skin, and dry mouth. After the first euphoria, abusers alternate between a wakeful and drowsy condition. Mental operations become clouded becomes of central nervous system depression.
Heroin - Heroin is a highly addictive drug. And overdose is a real, and deadly risk. Heroin is an opiate, a class of drugs that are either naturally derived from the flowers of the poppy plant, or synthetic substitutes. In the case of heroin, it’s produced from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that comes from the seedpod of poppy plants. All opiate abuse, including heroin and many prescriptions painkillers, carries a strong risk of addiction and physical dependence. Heroin is abused by injecting, snorting or smoking it, and all three can cause the same level of addiction, as well as serious health problems.