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depressants are a type of drug which make you feel good about everything but they also damage your body eg: alcohol makes you feel good but it can give you liver failure and you can die
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Definition for depressant?
a depressant is a drug that slows down your body. a depressant is a drug that slows down your body.
Does Alcoholism make you sleepy?
It could be because alcohol is a depressant. Most people think that means that it makes them depressed when they drink which is not what a depressant actually is. A depressant is how it reacts with your body and it depresses your body systems. On the flip side; cocaine is a stimulent so it stimulates your body systems.
What does not describe property of nicotine?
Nicotine is non-addictive
What is gamma hydroxybutyrate?
It is a substance with euphoric, depressant, and anabolic (body building) effects in the body
What is gamma-hydroxybutyrate?
It is a substance with euphoric, depressant, and anabolic (body building) effects in the body
How is cannabis a depressant?
because it depresses the muscles in your body and relaxes them
What do you call a drug that slows down the body?
it's called a depressant
Is codeine a hallucinogen or depressant?
Codeine is a depressant opiate. It depresses the Central Nervous System (CNS). Codeine is a pro-drug. It converts to morphine in the body.
What type of substance slows down the body's functions and reactions?
Depressors, such as weed, morphine, and heroin are usually the ones that slow down the nervous system.
What is the classification of Alcoholism?
Alcohol is classified as a depressant because it slows (depresses) the actions of and within the body. This confuses many people who think that its classification as a depressant means that alcohol makes people depressed, which it doesn't.
Is alcohol a depressant or stimulant?
Stimulants are drugs that give you energy while depressants calm the body down. Alcohol has the ability to do both of these things. It can be confusing to understand, but alcohol is a depressant drug.
What is the chemical found in tobacco products that acts as a stimulant or depressant in the body?
Nicotine
