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Prescription Sedatives

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PRESCRIPTION SEDATIVES

JAYSEN & DEANGELO

FACTS

PRESCRIPTION SEDATIVES CAN BE SWALLOWED OR INJECTED.

FACTS

SEDATIVES PRESCRIBED FOR ACUTE ANXIETY, TENSION AND SLEEP DISORDERS

FACTS

THE MEDICATION ACTS AS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS.

STREET NAMES

PRESCRIPTION SEDATIVES ARE KNOWN AS BENZOS AND DOWNERS

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS

EUPHORIA, SLURRED SPEECH, LACK OF COORDINATION, DILATED PUPILS

LONG-TERM EFFECTS

PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE, TOLERANCE, ADDICTION, MEMORY IMPAIRMENT

POPULATION

1.6 MILLION AMERICANS BEGAN USING THEM NON-MEDICALLY IN 1998

POPULATION

ABOUT 4% OF ADULTS AGED OVER 20 USED SLEEPING AIDS IN PAST MONTH

POPULATION

2% OF THE US OVER AGE 12 USE PRESCEIPTION DRUGS NONMEDICALLY

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