Depressant refers to psychoactive substance that results in behavioral sedation, such substances include alcohol and the sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic drugs.


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Depressant refers to psychoactive substance that results in behavioral sedation; such substances include alcohol and the sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic drugs; psychoactive substance that causes the depression of central nervous system activity.

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