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| Product names: Sleeping pills and tranquilizers (Seconal, Nembutal, Smytal, Quaalude, Miltown, Norcet, Placidyl, Valium, Librium, Tauxene, Ativan, Xanax, Serax). |
| Street Names: downers, ludes, V's, blues, goofball, red devil, blue devil, yellow jackets, yellow bullets, pink ladies, Christmas trees, phennies, peanuts. |
| Symptoms of use: Drowsiness, confusion, incoordination, tremors, slurred speech, depressed pulse rate, shallow respiration, dilated pupils. |
| Potential consequences: Anxiety, depression, restlessness, psychotic episodes, chronic fatigue, insomnia, changes in eyesight, irregular menstruation, stopping breathing, suicide, dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect, severe withdrawal symptoms. |
| Route of administration: Ingested |
| Medical uses: For tranquilization, sedation, and sleep. |
| Possession and use by prescription only |
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