Barbiturates

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• Barbiturates are a type of depressant

Effects

• Symptoms are similar to being drunk
• Loss of inhibition, loud or violent behavior,
• Lack of muscle coordination, and depression

Consequences

• 5 years of imprisonment and a fine for possession
• 14 years of imprisonment and a fine for supply

street names

• Barbs, candy downers, phennies, reds,
• Red birds, sleeping pills, tooies, tranks,
• Yellows, yellow jackets

short term effects

• Slow brain function, slowed pulse and breathing,
• Lowered blood pressure, poor concentration,
• Confusion, fatigue, dizziness, slurred speech,
• Fever, sluggishness, visual disturbances,
• Dilated pupils, lack of coordination, and depression

Long term effects

• Depression, chronic fatigue, breathing
• Difficulties, and sleeping problems

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• One of the reasons that people lose their
• lives on barbiturates is that the dose that
• will kill a person is not much more than
• the dose that will help them sleep.

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sources

• http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/Bar-Cod/Barbiturates.html#b 
• http://alcoholism.about.com/od/barbs/a/withdrawal.htm 
• http://www.homehealth-uk.com/medical/barbiturates.htm 
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/prescription/depressants.html