All definitions of drug abuse imply a negative judgement of the drug use in question. Some of the drugs most often associated with this term include alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine and opium alkaloids. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal penalty. Other definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: public health definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions. Depending on the actual compound, drug misuse including alcohol may lead to health and social problems: such as injuries, unprotected sex, violence, deaths, vehicle accidents, homo and suicides and mortality.
Tissue Ensemble of similar cells Kude 9 October 2012 SODIUM THIOPENTAL Used - 40 years Large variety of use Most widely used barbiturate 9 October 2012 SODIUM THIOPENTAL Barbiturates - sedative hypnotics Such as: Thiopental (PentothalTM) Allobarbital Phenobarbital Replaced by benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium) in routine medical practice · Less dangerous in overdose and addiction 9 October 2012 SODIUM THIOPENTAL Definition: ultra short acting barbiturate Classification: IV anesthetic-hypnotic Physical chemical properties : -Yellow powder with a sulphuric smell and a bitter taste -highly lipid soluble compound -combined with sodium carbonate, becomes water soluble 9 October 2012