In order to produce hallucinations, the user breathes faster and deeper into the bag. For those who do not hallucinate, the predominant feeling is one of relaxation and blurring of the outside world. Thus, even depressants that are not anesthetic gases may have the same site of activity. The way in which anesthetics cause anesthesia is not well understood.
Anesthetics differ from alcohol in their duration of action and elimination kinetics.
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