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- Easy to get addicted
-Easy to abuse
-Extremely negative withdrawls
-Hard to quit unless outside help

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Anti-psychotics have side effects including several types of movement disorders, weight gain, and effects on sugar and lipid regulation. They may increase the risk of stroke and are associated with higher rates of death in the elderly.

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Tranquilizers can be referred to as hypnotics, downers, anxiolytics, hypnotics, relaxants, antipsychotics, or sleeping pills. Street names for tranquilizers include, “tranx”, “benzos”, “moggies”, or “bennies”.

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Since way back, people of almost every culture used chemical substances to induce sleep, relieve stress, and alleviate symptoms of mental illnesses.  However, prior to
1950, effective drugs for the treatment of psychotic patients were not available.

This changed in the 1940's when Reserpine, an alkaloid, and the active ingredient of Rauwolfia serpentina, the Indian snakeroot, was found as the basis of the first major tranquilizer. Reserpine was used in the treatment of snake bites, high blood pressure, and anxiety. Rauwolfia was long used in India for the treatment of mental illness (especially paranoia and schizophrenia) and known to medicine men and locals as the "insanity herb." When the knowledge came to America, Reserpine replaced induced insulin shock therapy (injecting patients with insulin until blood sugar levels fall so low that the they become comatose), electroconvulsive (ECT) therapy (inducing seizures by passing an electric current through the brain), and lobotomy (making an incision in the lobe of the brain) as treatments for certain types of mental illness. Ultimately, knowledge about the Reserpine was the gateway for the creation of other similar alkaloids that were later used as major tranquilizers.

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Tranquilizers suppress the central nervous system's (CNS) activity—the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves- thus called CNS depressants. Used primarily to treat insomnia as well as anxiety disorders, tranquilizers are among the most frequently prescribed—and abused—psychiatric medications in the United States. The FDA estimates that over 60 million people receive prescriptions for tranquilizers every year.

Tranquilizers act mostly on the brain by affecting the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Although the various classes of CNS depressants work in various ways, it's ability to increase GABA activity (thereby decreasing brain activity) ultimately produces a drowsy or calming effect that is beneficial to those suffering from anxiety or sleep disorders.

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Be tranquil, but without tranquilizers.

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One of the main differences between these two categories is that minor tranquilizers have the ability to produce a sense of euphoria and have a calming effect, unlike the major tranquilizers.

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These drugs are used for the therapeutic treatment of anxiety disorders, alcohol withdrawal, seizures, insomnia, and muscle spasms.
Physical effects-  range from excessive drowsiness to tremors
Psychological effects-

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primarily used to treat mental disorders, such as schizophrenia

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Tranquilizers can be broken down into 2 categories: major and minor tranquilizers. Major tranquilizers can be referred to as anti-psychotics. Minor tranquilizers can be referred to as Benzodiazepines.

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Physical effects:
>slurred speech
>lack of motor control
>poor physical coordination
>drowsiness
>decreased blood pressure
>high fever
>cardiovascular shock
>respiratory tract infections
>seizures
>kidney dysfunction
>coma
>respiratory arrest
>death
Psychological effects:
>addiction
>confusion
>hallucinations
>paranoia
>memory loss
>change in thought processes
>malicious intent

As shown by the mental and physical effects of consumption, barbiturates are dangerous when abused. Barbiturates create addiction and alter a person's personality to be irrational, afraid, and slow. Furthermore, the more extreme physical effects of drugs on people include kidney failure, coma, and death. The main idea is that abusing barbiturates is very dangerous.

Sources:
http://www.lakeviewbehavioralhealth.com/addiction/barbiturates/effects-signs-symptoms

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-A tranquilizer drug that is 10 times more potent than Valium. They come in a pill form and are used by crushing, dissolving and sprinkling them to make it easier to smoke. Also known as "roofie" or "date-rape drug", It is often used to commit sexual assault.
Physical effects:
Rohypnol "paralyzes" its users. It starts to effect the person 30 minutes after taking it, and peaks at two hours. The person may experience the effects for up to 12 hours. More effects include loss of muscle control, confusion, drowsiness and amnesia.
Psychological effects:
The most common psychological effects of rohypnol include depression and anxiety. Confusion, restlessness and irritability may also occur.

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Rohypnol or Flunitrazepam

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Dph. “Sedatives and Tranquilizers.” Health and Human Services, 2 Sept. 2010, www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/substance-abuse/stop-pill-abuse/drug-facts/sedatives-and-tranquilizers.html.

“Tranquilizers.” Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students, Encyclopedia.com, www.encyclopedia.com/science/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/tranquilizers.

“Effects of Tranquilizer Drugs Abuse and Addiction.” Narconon International, www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/effects-of-tranquilizers.html.

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The first BZD was made as an antianxiety agent in 1957.  As of 2001, Xanax became the most prescribed BZD in the US. Prescribed to treat anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, and seizures, they are highly addicitive. Benzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed forms of all the major and minor tranquilizers and among the most abused.

The psychological effects lie in the brain.  BZDs target specific receptors in the limbic region of the brain rather than the depressing activity throughout the entire CNS. Therefore, the drug produces it's intended effects without side effects like impaired thinking and judgment, and serious respiratory depression.

The physical effects lies in the body.  When properly used, BDZs can treat anxiety, help with sleep problems, muscle strains, and seziures.  However, when abused and over used, BDZs can cause fatal respitory suppression.  It can also cause some degree of memory loss called anterograde amnesia which is a form of amnesia that involves the formation of memories after a specific event; just like an alcohol blackout.  When seriously abused, withdrawal can cause
delirium that is life threatening. In severe cases, seizures, visual, tactile, or auditory hallucinations may occur.

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Tranquilizers have a negative effect on the physical and psychological aspects of the human body.

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Major tranquilizers (neuroleptics/antipsychotics): Chlorpromazine (Thorazine); chlorprothixene (Taractan); clozaril (Clozapine); fluphenazine (Permitil, Prolixin); haloperidol (Haldol); loxapine (Daxolin, Loxitane); mesoridazine (Serentil); molindone (Lidone, Moban); olanzapine (Zyprexa); perphenazine (Trilafon); pimozide (Orap); quetiapine (Seroquel); risperidone (Risperdal); thioridazine (Mellaril); thiothixene (Navane); trifluoperazine (Stelazine); trifuluopromazine (Vesprin); ziprasidone (Geodon).