1. Sleeping Pills By: Alex and Alex

2. PROs  Restless Night  Late Night  Pain  Irritability  Relief Anxiety  Insomnia

3. CONs  Sedative dependence  slurred speech  staggering gait  poor judgment  Slow reflexes  Death

4. History  One of Earliest Drugs  Romans and Egyptians used opium from poppies  300BC Greek Doctors Suggested Opium  Justis Von Liebig Experimented with Chloral Hydrate to induce sleep (1832)  1930 Eli Company produced Amytal and Seconal  Barbiturates Sleeping pills very Powerful  Found out Barbiturates Pills with Alcohol proved fatal  1990 Benzodiazepines created  Early Benzodiazepines had similar bad effects as Barbiturates  Know Benzodiazepines are what people use today

5. Sleeping Pills Effect on the Body  Depress the central nervous system  This creates desired effects  Sleeping Pills help the system by Strengthening Sleep Drive  When we are rely on the drug, sleep drive weakens, more and more drugs needed to sleep

6. Abuse of Sleeping Pills  Sleeping pills are rarely taken by children  Almost every other adult over 30 has taken sleeping pills half of those will have over dosed. Alex’n’Alex Statistics©

7. Ways to Stop abuse  Don’t Quit by Dropping them all together  Talk to a Doctor  Gradually Stop  Individual support  Talk to one who has first hand experience if nothing has worked