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Barbiturates are known as depressants or downers. Often referred to as barbs, drugs such as amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, butalbital, butabarbital, talbutal, and aprobarbital are all classed as barbiturates. Street names include red birds, downers, barbs, phennies, reds, yellows, and yellow jackets.