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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by drowsiness something

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that's never hit us while we're giving it all right we're away here's a [Man sleeping at desk]

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question alright drugs that limit inhibition and may cause drowsiness

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fatigue and decreased anxiety are what and here are potential answers and what

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kind of drugs may be well by inhibition we don't mean shine it we're talking

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inhibition in the psychological sense when certain functions are inhibited [Teacher discussing inhibitions]

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they're hindered repress or obstructive in some way and if obstructed functions

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work the same way as bowels well it's probably not a good thing

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in other words speaking from experience or anything all right let's start with a [Man at prescription counter]

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designer drug the term designer drug means exactly what you're probably

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thinking a drug designed by Ralph Lauren ok maybe not but it is a drug designed

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by someone these designer drugs are often made to mimic other drugs but the

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chemical makeup is such as it can avoid specific drug classification other [Scientists making drugs]

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Kingdom immigrants trance drugs that come from plants like marijuana or

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cocaine fashionable apparently safe not bloody likely

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our answer no the term is too generic for what we're looking for but what

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about opiates and opiate is a compound found naturally occurring in the poppy [Teacher discussing opiates]

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plant the term opiates often refer to drugs that all include this compound in

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some way or semi synthetic versions of it like morphine while drugs in this

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category include heroin oxycodone and oxymorphone and are best known for

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causing not drowsiness and fatigue but instead a sense of euphoria and [Man sleeping and worker brushes sweat off forehead]

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well-being document if they sound addictive well that's

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because they are highly no pun intended anyway B is not our answer

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well psychedelics meanwhile definitely don't cause drowsiness or fatigue in [Man scratching head]

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fact they probably increase anxiety more than decrease it that's because

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psychedelics are best known for causing hallucinations which fun lot of other [Man riding unicorn over rainbow]

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stable pretty freakin cause paranoia and what is a stimulant clue well exactly

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that it stimulates stimulants or uppers like cocaine caffeine and Flemmi all serve

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to stimulate mental or physical functions making the user feel more [Woman drinking coffee and walking along street]

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alert awake and energetic of course that's before the near inevitable crash

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which lead to the exact opposite believe more use which then leads to addiction

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these offers however do more or less the exact opposite of what we're looking for

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this is definitely not our answer nope so the answer we're looking for is to

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see the depression depressant or Downers includes barbituates tranquilizers and [Syringes and alcohol bottles appear]

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alcohol yes that includes those bright pink Kiwi watermelon coolers even those

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are depressive depressants often decrease brain activity produce feelings

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of calm and mild euphoria as well as drowsiness and fatigue that when C is [Teacher discussing depressants]

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our right answer oh and ralph's if you're watching stick to clothing buddy

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we don't think drugs by Ralph Lauren would be a real seller for you

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