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"Depressants" is just the name of a very broad category of drugs, all of which are made of different things. You would need to ask what a specific drug is made of for an actual answer.

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What are the different kinds of chemical or medicinal depressants?

Common types of depressants include alcohol, benzodiazepines (e.g. Xanax, Valium), barbiturates, and opioids (e.g. heroin, morphine). These substances act by slowing down the central nervous system, leading to relaxation, sedation, and reduced brain activity. Misuse of depressants can result in addiction, respiratory depression, and overdose.


What are the 4 main types of drugs?

The four main types of drugs are stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and analgesics. Each type of drug affects the body and mind in different ways, leading to various effects and potential risks.


What elements are in sleeping gas?

Sleeping gas often contains a mix of compounds such as chloroform, diethyl ether, or halothane. These substances act as central nervous system depressants, slowing down brain activity and inducing unconsciousness when inhaled in sufficient quantities.


What are the three main types of drugs?

The three main types of drugs are stimulants (e.g. cocaine, amphetamines), depressants (e.g. alcohol, benzodiazepines), and hallucinogens (e.g. LSD, psilocybin). These drugs affect the central nervous system in different ways, leading to changes in mood, perception, and behavior.


Are opiates methamphetamine?

No. Opiates are drugs that are made from the opium poppy, like heroin, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Suboxone, methadone, codeine, Percocet, Dilaudid (hydromorphone), etc. All opiates are depressants. Amphetamines and methamphetamines are stimulant drugs. They are a completely different class of drugs, most commonly called "speed."

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What is depressants made of?

Up the butt


When were central nervous depressants made?

Central nervous system depressants have been around longer than the human race.


How are CNS depressants made?

Central nervous system (CNS) depressants are typically synthetically produced in pharmaceutical laboratories. They can be made by chemical synthesis or derived from natural sources. Common CNS depressants include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and alcohol, and each type is synthesized using specific chemical reactions and processes to achieve their desired effects on the central nervous system.


What group of drugs does alcohol come from?

alcohol is under the category of depressants


When you take depressants does it make you more depressed?

You don't take depressants. You take anti-depressants, which counters being depressed.


Depressants are drugs that are used to fight depression?

no, that would be ANTI-depressants....


Does Lexapro make you energetic?

Anti-depressants work differently for everyone but whenever I took it it made me lethargic.


Which part of the body do depressants affect?

Depressants slow (or depress) the functioning of the entire body.


What is true about depressants?

Depressants slow (or depress) the actions of the lungs, heart, and other organs.


What groups of drugs have the opposite effect on the brain hallucinogens and stimulants opiates and sedatives stimulants and depressants depressants and opiates Why?

Stimulants and depressants have opposite effects on the brain. Stimulants activate the central nervous system, while depressants (as their name implies) depress it.


Is LSD depressants?

No.


How does depressants affect the heart rate?

depressants affect the heart rate by its heart rate