Barbiturates slow down brain activity. In general, similar drugs to barbiturates are known as CNS depressants. Examples include opioids, alcohol, and benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines, for example ...

Examples of depressants include sleeping pills, alcohol and opioids such as illegal drugs like heroin or legal ones like OxyContin, Vicodin or morphine. Sometimes medications such as ...

James Moore says he 'doesn't feel the same person as before' since becoming hooked on anti-depressants that were prescribed to help ease panic attacks. The former civil servant said if he had been ...

This often makes you feel less alert and lengthens reaction times. Alcohol is an example of a legal depressant for adults over 18. Alcohol is found in beer, wines and spirits such as vodka.