Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stumblers n.

also stoms, stums
[their effects]

(drugs) barbiturates.

[US] ‘Sl. of Watts’ in Current Sl. III:2 46: Stumblers n. Barbiturates (Drug users’ jargon).
[US]E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972) 179: stum [...] Sleeping pill.
[US]E. Folb Urban Black Argot 145: Stoms / Stums / Stumblers barbiturates, particularly ‘Seconal’.
[US]E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 167: Dem stums git you so messed up you be fallin’ on yo’ ass!
[US]ONDCP Street Terms 20: Stumbler — Depressants.