Drugs have certain common uses which psychologists believe that they can be able to trace out the history or bring out information by inducing these drugs on a person. Drugs like Sodium Barbiturates, are given to the accused . Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects. Those include mild sedation and anesthesia. Because of the nature of these drugs, the controlled use of it enables a person to be in a hypnotized state .
A person will not bet aware of the activites around him. Sports and other users report that a barbiturates high gives them feelings of relaxed contentment and euphoria. Some of the slang terms for barbiturates include; barbs, bluebirds, blues, downers, goofballs, tooties and yellow jackets. This chemical commonly known as Sodium Thiopental to weaken the subjects and make him more compliant to force. Thiopental used with 60 percent of concentration can be used to produce local anesthesia .
However, more concentrated solutions can be used as a general anesthesia. Heavy concentrations of these drugs are rarely lethal . Pyschiatrists uses this also to desensitize their patients.
