1)What is drug education?

@)DRUG EDUCATION is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where drugs are
commonly misused. Planning includes developing strategies for helping children and young people engage with relevant
drug-related issues during opportunistic and brief contacts with them as well as during more structured sessions. Drug
education enables children and young adults to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to appreciate the benefits of
a healthy lifestyle, promote responsibility towards the use of drugs and relate these to their own actions and those of
others, both now and in their future lives. It also provides opportunities for young people to reflect on their own and
others' attitudes to drugs, drug usage and drug users.

2)What is depressant drug?

@)DEPRESSANTS are psychoactive drugs that temporarily reduce the function or activity of a specific part of the body
or brain.[1] Examples of these kinds of effects may include anxiolysis, sedation, and hypotension. Due to their effects
typically having a "down" quality to them, depressants are also occasionally referred to as "downers". Stimulants or
"uppers", which increase mental and/or physical function, are considered to be the functional opposites of depressants.
Depressants are widely used throughout the world as prescription medicines and as illicit substances. When these are
used, effects may include anxiolysis, analgesia, sedation, somnolence, cognitive/memory impairment, dissociation,
muscle relaxation, lowered blood pressure/heart rate, respiratory depression, anesthesia, and anticonvulsant effects.
Some are also capable of inducing feelings of euphoria. Depressants exert their effects through a number of different
pharmacological mechanisms, the most prominent of which include facilitation of GABA and/or opioid activity, and
inhibition of adrenergic, histamine and/or acetylcholine activity. Anaesthetics, sedatives, tranquillizers and alcohol are
examples of depressants.

3)What are the uses of depressant drugs?

@)Depressants are used both individually and clinically for therapeutic purposes in the treatment of a number
of indications, including the following :

1.To reduce feelings of anxiety, panic, and stress.

2.To induce sleepiness and relieve insomnia.

3.To induce analgesia and relieve aches and pains.

4.To reduce convulsions/seizures in the treatment of epilepsy.

5.To cause muscle relaxation for those with muscle pain or spasms.

6.To lower blood pressure and/or heart rate.

7.To boost the mood and/or enhance sociability.

4)What are the types/kinds of depressant drugs?

@)1.ALCOHOL

2.BARBITURATES

3.BENZODIAZEPINES

4.MISCELLANEOUS

5.OPIOIDS