People may use depressants to relax or calm anxiety. which of the following is not a depressant? a. barbiturates b. alcohol c. quaaludes d. tobacco

D. Tobacco

Tobacco acts as a stimulant & a depressant.

D. Tobacco

People may use depressants to relax or calm anxiety. Tobacco is NOT a depressant.

Explanation:

Tobacco refers to an agricultural crop that is used in making cigarettes. The main chemical in tobacco is nicotine. Nicotine is a stimulant drug which helps in speeding up the messages travelling between the brain and body. Cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and wet and dry snuff contain dried leaves all come from the tobacco plant.

Depressants refer to drugs which slow down the activity of the central nervous system. It reduces an individual’s alertness and also slows down breathing and heart rate. Depressant drugs impair and slow physical and psychological activity.