WHO
These individuals use depressants seeking a feeling of euphoria or relaxation.
These are forms of abuse when using depressants.
What are individuals seeking relaxation, teenagers experimenting, older adults dependent on drugs?
This is when CNS activity slows down.
When do depressants enter the system?
Depressants are legally distributed at these medical establishments when properly prescribed.
Where are pharmacies?
Widely consumed depressant and is legal for adults and can impair coordination.
What is alcohol?
These two age-based demographic groups are specifically mentioned as abusing depressants.
Who are teenagers and older adults?
These are the three consequences that depressant abuse can lead to.
What are dependence, tolerance, and life-threatening consequences?
These effects occur when depressants enhance a neurotransmitter in the brain.
When are relaxation and drowsiness experienced?
This is where depressants can be illicitly purchased in the digital space.
Where are online drug markets?
Depressants slowdown this type of communication in the body, which help control movement, thinking and reflexes.
What are nerve signals?
These professionals distribute depressants legally through their businesses when properly prescribed.
Who are pharmacists?
These are all four prescribed medical uses for depressants.
What are sleep, relieving anxiety, reducing muscle spasms, and preventing seizures?
This condition occurs when individuals move beyond regular use, leading to requiring more of the substance.
When does tolerance develop?
This location in the human body is where depressants specifically slow down activity.
Where is the central nervous system (CNS)?
Taking too many depressants can lead to this medical emergency, where breathing slows or stop completely.
What is an overdose?
These medical providers can write illegal prescriptions as one way depressants are distributed.
Who are unethical prescribers (Drug dealers)?
These three specific methods of distribution are listed for how depressants are obtained in the marketplace.
What are pharmacies, online drug markets, and illegal prescriptions?
This happens when depressants are obtained through pharmacies, following proper medical protocol.
When is distribution legal?
These medical locations are used both for legitimate distribution and to treat addiction, with facilities mentioned for detox and treatment programs.
Where are hospitals and rehab facilities?
Depressants slow down the central nervous system by increasing the effect of this neurotransmitter.
What is GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid)?
These individuals are mentioned as struggling specifically with prescription drug dependence among depressant users.
Who are older adults?
These are all three specific psychological domains that depressants have a "profound impact" on, creating a comprehensive effect on mental function.
What are brain function, cognition, and behavior?
This complex series of effects on brain function, cognition, and behavior occurs simultaneously when these substances create a "profound impact on psychology."
When do psychological changes manifest?
The place where the long-term effects of depressant abuse become most evident in a person's health and daily functioning.
What are the brain, liver, and overall cognitive and behavioral functions?
Mixing depressants with this class of drugs, which includes heroin and fentanyl, increases the risk of dangerous breathing problems.
What are opioids?