Have you ever felt so anxious and nervous that you would go to any extreme to relieve that feeling? Well, downers are drugs that many people use to relax and bring themselves down from feeling anxious or nervous. These drugs not only make you feel less anxious or nervous but they depress the central nervous system and produce a relaxing to sleep-inducing effect depending on the drug dose that is taken. Downers also slow down …showed first 75 words of 1145 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1145 total…celebrities over the years. An example of this is Marilyn Monroe and Jimi Hendrix were two of the most prominent names of coroner’s reports listing, “barbiturate poisoning” or “depressant drug OD” as the cause of death. As a closing, I have learned so much about Downers and what effects they have on us. Not only do they affect the people that are using them, but they also affect the people around them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**