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Health Topics: Drugs: Tranquilizers

Also known as Valium, Xanax, sleeping pills, downers, Ativan and Halicon

Benzodiazepines is the category of drugs in which all tranquilizers and anxiety drugs fall.  These drugs are commonly found in pill form.  They are abused because they produce a feeling of wellbeing, but create fatigue and distort memory and judgment.

Effects
  • sedation
  • drowsiness
  • dizziness
Long Term Effects
  • addiction
  • coma
  • death

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