Category: Depressants.
Commercial and Street Names: Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital; barbs, reds, red birds, phennies, tooies, yellows, yellow jackets.
How Administered: Injected, swallowed.
Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences: Reduced pain and anxiety; feeling of well-being; sedation, drowsiness, lowered inhibitions; depression, unusual excitement, fever, irritability, poor judgment, slurred speech, dizziness, slowed pulse and breathing; lowered blood pressure; poor concentration; confusion, fatigue; impaired coordination, memory, judgment; respiratory depression and arrest, addiction.
