Drug awareness seminar to be held for parents
“We just want to make sure that we're doing our part to raise awareness about drugs in the community, not necessarily that we think we have a drug problem or anything like that, we just want to make sure that there is some awareness so that parents can … Read more on WDAM-TV

Drug awareness program for parents
Parents can learn what to look for and how to help their children at the Drug Awareness for Parents program April 16. Parents will also learn about risk-taking and the “gateway” to hard drugs – cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine – through alcohol … Read more on sanilaccountynews.mihomepaper.com (subscription)

Help raise awareness about Oklahoma's prescription drug abuse problem
We hope you'll stand with us and fight for more prescription drug monitoring and more accountability for doctors to preserve the lives of our neighbors, friends, brothers, sisters and children. Let your legislators know why this is important to you … Read more on NewsOK.com

Fort Myers orders rehab center to cease drug treatment
Sovereign Health, a for-profit substance abuse treatment provider with facilities in California, Utah and Arizona, advertises that it provides “diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse, mental health disorders and co-occurring conditions for adults … Read more on The News-Press

2 new board members at Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program
Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program, a substance abuse treatment and prevention education provider with offices in Flemington, has two new members on its Board of Directors. They are James Eodice, with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and David … Read more on NJ.com

PROGRESS: Council offers plan to fill addiction treatment gap
Our treatment and prevention programs have assisted countless individuals to live free from the dangers of alcohol and drug addiction. Our mission is to save lives and create healthier communities. We are the only long-term, noncriminal-justice … Read more on San Angelo Standard Times

Cops bank on awareness drive to curb drug menace
"We have already conducted awareness programmes in 16 schools in the city, where student police cadet (SPC) exists. It has been receiving good response from students. The programme will cover remaining high schools in the coming days. Drug abuse … Read more on Times of India

Cramahe Community Policing – Adult Drug Awareness – Pot and Driving
Cramahe Community Policing sponsors Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) which is offered in Grade Six. This program involves promoting healthy choices and a framework for making good choices later in life. Canadian society is in complete … Read more on NorthumberlandView.ca

Charlestown plans movie showing, drug awareness night
Before the move, the Cecil County Health Department will distribute information about drug abuse. Attendees are advised to bring a blanket, chairs and/or a picnic basket to watch the movie. Community groups will also be selling drinks and light snacks. Read more on Cecil Whig

Drug offenders find road to recovery through Circle of Support and Accountability
The program is designed to fill a gap between programs run inside prison and community supervision by probation and parole officers. Often offenders lack support from family or friends, have an “institutionalized” sense of self from living in … Read more on vtdigger.org

Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program honors Lambertville woman
“Personal growth, the restoration of significant relationships and, reintegration back into the workforce are just three keys to addiction recovery being successful and to its longevity,” HDAP noted, and “and they were again key themes in this year's … Read more on The Star-Ledger

Jeremy Mayfield back racing again
Jeremy Mayfield is maybe the biggest name in the group. He is still banned because he maintains he did nothing wrong and refuses to go through NASCAR's drug recovery program, but he is racing again in a start-up modified series that recently was at the … Read more on myfox8.com

Close-in Portland neighborhood set to welcome an M drug and alcohol …
“Programs that address the needs of both addicted women and their children are rarer still. For women, the single most important factor in sustained recovery is access to safe, permanent and affordable drug- and alcohol-free housing.” The non-profit … Read more on Portland Business Journal (blog)

Question by Dahoss65: Drug differences?
What are the differences between…
1) Sedatives
2) Tranquilizers
3) Anesthetics

Best answer:

Answer by Grrr
Sedatives and tranquilizers have similar effects.

A sedative-hypnotic is a substance that depresses the central nervous system (CNS),[1] resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, and possibly – at higher doses – slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. Doses of sedative-hypnotics when used as a hypnotic to induce sleep tend to be higher than those used to relieve anxiety.

Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers can cause euphoria. They also slow normal brain function, which may result in slurred speech, shallow breathing, sluggishness, fatigue, disorientation and lack of coordination or dilated pupils. During the first few days of taking a prescribed sedative or tranquilizer, a person usually feels sleepy and uncoordinated, but as the body becomes accustomed to the effects of the drug, these feelings begin to disappear. Higher doses cause impairment of memory, judgment and coordination, irritability, paranoid and suicidal ideation. Some people experience a paradoxical reaction to these drugs and can become agitated or aggressive. Using Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers with other substances – particularly alcohol – can slow breathing, or slow both the heart and respiration, and possibly lead to death.

Anesthesia, has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. Another definition is a “reversible lack of awareness”, whether this is a total lack of awareness (e.g. a general anaesthestic) or a lack of awareness of a part of a the body such as a spinal anaesthetic or another nerve block would cause.

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Preparing art for drug awareness display
Grade 9 student Tiernan Abel traces out the shape of a marijuana leaf, as part of the art for his display on drug and alcohol awareness at the Weyburn Junior High on Thursday. The Grade 9 Health students are preparing displays and information for the … Read more on S.E. Saskatchewan Booster

Six percent of CSU students abuse prescription drugs like Adderall, Ritalin
“(John's) parents are passionate about getting people comfortable with helping and raising prescription drug awareness, because though they are legal, they are very dangerous,” said Katelynn Drury, a CREWS peer educator. “Death from prescription drug … Read more on Rocky Mountain Collegian

Northern Valley parents create drug coalition
The coalition is designed to function as a community-based organization to provide effective substance awareness education.Northern Valley Coalition Co-President Melissa Driscoll leads the presentation on the newly-organized coalition. Driscoll pulled … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Alcohol Awareness Month: Alcohol is the deadliest drug for teens
In a recent national survey of parents and teens by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 33 percent of teen partygoers have been to parties where teens were drinking alcohol, smoking pot, or using cocaine … Read more on Journal Times

Drug awareness rave presents fun alternatives
“It's a fun way to celebrate after working really hard so far this semester while also giving facts about substance use and making students aware of the value of safety,” she said. RHA is dedicated to providing students with information necessary for … Read more on UCA Echo

Little is revealed about Oklahoma execution protocols pending appeal of ruling
The state of Oklahoma has until the end of the month to appeal the ruling by District Court Judge Patricia Parrish. Her ruling found that concealing key facts about the execution drugs is "an unconstitutional denial or barrier" to the inmates' rights … Read more on Tulsa World