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The body can easily become dependent on depressant drugs, requiring more and more to achieve the same effect. Recovering from an addiction to depressants is quite tricky and should not be attempted without medical help—going “cold turkey” can be dangerous or even fatal.

Heroin used to be sold as a cough medicine.

This Is Your Brain (and the Rest of You) on Drugs

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