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The CNS Depressants

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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The central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs include a variety of medications, such as hypnotics, antianxiety drugs (also called minor tranquilizers), and alcohol. The general anesthetics will not be discussed here, as time and space constraints force me to limit the discussion to the substances most clinically important in drug abuse. One anesthetic agent, phencyclidine (PCP), is abused as a hallucinogen and is discussed in Section 8.3.

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Schuckit, M.A. (1979). The CNS Depressants. In: Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3542-9_2

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