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Not necessarily. "Downers" is vernacular -- slang -- and as such isn't very specific. I've heard sedatives, hynotics, narcotics and antihitimines all called downers (and pot too, which is pharmacoloigcally a stimulant) or upper. Even the term "sedative" doesn't really explain how the drug functions; only the visibile, apparent effects. So, Downers are any drug that manys you feel relaxed, tired, fatigued, slowed-down, etc. regardless of mechanism. They can be any kind of drug, including non-depressants that just appear to be a depressent. A sedative must, by definition, sedate someone, but is stil a general term.

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