OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19928

barbiturate

/ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪt͡ʃəɹɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barbitúrico
Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
Following the “Summer of Love” in 1967, amphetamines and barbiturates began to replace psychedelics as the dominant drugs used in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and…