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Are sedatives depressants?

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  3. Are sedatives depressants?
Asked: 2017-11-23 07:07:22
I stumbled across a chart with drug categories and I am trying to understand what the difference between sedatives and depressants are.
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Answered: 2017-11-25 05:27:58

Depressant is refering to any drug that causes depression of the CNS. Sedatives like alcohol, benzos and barbs calm you and narcotics are generally opiates.. beats me.

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Answered: 2017-11-24 04:18:46

Sedatives are a depressant on the CNS and slows down a brains normal rate of functioning. Im going to have to say sedatives are indeed depressants because they decrease brain activity.

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