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Heroin is a painkilling drug that is made from the Papaverum Somniferum, also known as the opium poppy plant. All opiates are addictive painkillers. Heroin starts as a milky sap of the opium poppy. The sap is then dried and becomes a gum. After washing the gum, it becomes opium. Morphine and codeine are two painkilling alkaloids that

During the 1960s, this active alkaloid was found to help stop withdrawal symptoms associated with both opiates and heroin. Since that time, it has been a vital treatment for all types of addictions.

Fun fact, in the UK, some hospitals use diamorphine, a generic name of heroin to prescribed as a strong pain medication in patients suffering from myocardial infarction, post-surgical pain, and chronic pain, including end-stage cancer and other terminal illnesses. It is still given over there, instead of using Morphine, because some hospital state it a lot better from pain

People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull” said Wendell Berry. The same could be said with a toxic organic compound named Morphine. Morphine is white, crystalline and odorless which contain 17 carbon, 19 hydrogen atoms, 1 nitrogen atom and 3 oxygen. (C17H19NO3) Under organic compounds, it’s classified in the “True Alkaloid” group as the nitrogen is organized in a heterocycle and originated from amino acid. Morphine are produced through an extraction from plants like “Papaver Somniferous” then processed or produced synthetically for medication and recreational purposes.

Oxycodone is the main drug I am concentrating on even though there are many opiates or schedule II drugs that are considered Opioids. Oxycodone was created during the process to find a drug that was not addictive like morphine and heroin, which were commonly used in medicine before World War I(? A Forever Recovery. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2016?). Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic, ?Pain Killer? that is most often prescribed to control moderate to severe pain that must not be used with other medications. It is a slightly synthetic opiate that was created in 1916. The chemicals found in Poppy plants also make as morphine and heroin. Opiate:?A drug (such as morphine, codeine or heroin) containing or made from opium or the opium poppy, used to alleviate pain, or induce sleep or euphoria. ( A Forever Recovery. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2016). Opioid:?A synthetic or semi-synthetic substance producing an opium-like effect, often prescribed for the alleviation of moderate to severe pain; a prescription painkiller in the opiate class.

This article takes us to a much more remote issue than simple consumption, currently the problem that Colorado residents and especially tourists who come into the state to take advantage of this legislation, do not know or consume this drug.

Injured veterans in the mid-1800s would become hooked because they were treated with morphine to help dull the pain of early medical procedures. The Bayer Co., manufacturers of the household brand Bayer aspirin, started producing heroin in 1898, and the effects were so immediate that it was considered a cure-all medicine. It was rushed to shelves. Heroin use spread greatly in popularity during the following decades. Back in the days of early pharmaceuticals, there wasn’t much of an option regarding effective pain management. The drug’s effects seemed too good to be true. It was used to treat everything from headaches to muscle spasms to heavy

People all over the world, continue to be tendered prescription medication, which in many cases further complicate health issues with its myriad of side effects. In fact, statistics have shown that approximately 100,000 people around the world die as a result of prescription drugs annually (Smith, 2012). On the contrary, according

Codeine is a derivative of morphine that is considered a schedule II narcotic. This means it can be prescribed to help treat moderate pain and can only be given out with a prescription. It 's weaker than pure morphine (200 mg is equivalent to 30 mg), but still retains a potency that makes it potentially addictive if abused.

So what is codeine? Codeine is a sleep-inducing and analgesic drug derived from morphine, which according to the Drug and Alcohol Foundation is a part of a group of drugs known as opioids. Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the body. Other opioids include heroin, morphine and oxycodone. Could you image a world where you can buy drugs legally? Where something like Heroin was readily available on the shelf at pharmacies for you to purchase? It wouldn’t happen, so why should Codeine be any different, as they are both in the same classification of opioids.

Through the 1970’s and 1980’s, Ketamine became increasingly available for illicit drug uses through powder, capsules, crystals, liquids and other injectable forms found in the illegal drug markets.

Heroin or diacetylmorphine is a synthetic opium drug. Heroin was created by a German scientist named Felix Hoffmann around 1897. Heroin was intended to be a weaker less addictive version of morphine. However, it turned out to be more additive and about twice as potent as morphine. Heroin was marketed by the Bayer Aspirin Company as a safe alternative to morphine. However when it became publically know that heroin was worse than morphine for its addictive

In this systematic review, the reviewers compare the use of Kratom (AKA Mitragyna speciosa) against Buprenorphine in opioid addicts to relieve opioid withdrawal symptoms. This systematic review was conducted to determine which substance was more effective at relieving opioid withdrawal symptoms. The systematic review was conducted using three different search medical and health related databases: PubMed, CINAHL, and ProQuest Medical, that used only sources from 2008 to present, that were full text, scholarly, and peer evaluated. The reviewers determined that Kratom does indeed result in reducing severe opioid withdrawal symptoms, but also can result in addiction, and that there is very little research on the addictive qualities of Kratom.

Health Canada’s proposal to ban OTC codeine products is a controversial pursuit to counteract the opioid epidemic. Between 2007 and 2015, more than 500 individuals entered addiction clinics for non-prescription codeine abuse. OTC codeine products are schedule II medications; however, this proposal is mandating for prescription-only access due to the rationale that OTC codeine products can elicit dependency and addiction. The ramification of the ban will significantly impact all parties involved, which include regular codeine users, but it will allow the federal government and healthcare providers an opportunity to control the opioid epidemic.

Biology is now able to explain how they work inside our heads. While research on drugs has enabled science to better understand how the brain itself functions. Opium and its derivatives like heroine and morphine as well as tranquilizers prescribed for medical reasons help relieve pain and stress but these drugs are also highly addictive. Opium extracted from the juice of the poppy plant is one of the oldest drugs. It is mentioned as a treatment for pain insomnia or the cough suppressant in Middle Eastern and Egyptian text written several thousand years ago.