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MORPHINE PAGE |
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Street Names |
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/ morphine |
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inject |
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| central nervous system
stimulant
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narcotic / opioid analgesic drug |
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MORPHINE is named after MORPHEUS, the Greek
god of dreams. It was initially used in the mid-1800s as a
cure for alcohol and opium addictions and later over 400,000 men
in the American Civil War suffered from "soldiers illness"
(addiction)
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Morphine is the principal active ingredient in
opium
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APPEARANCE |
It has white, feathery, silky crystals,
or cubical masses of crystals, or white
crystalline powder; and is soluble in
water
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PRESENTATION |
It is available in a single dose ampoule for
injection, or in an injection bottle for physicians to carry
around in the medical bag
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EFFECT |
Side effects include impairment of mental performance, euphoria,
drowsiness, lethargy, and blurred vision. It also decreases
hunger, inhibits the cough reflex, and produces constipation.
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It also impairs
mental and physical performance, relieves fear and anxiety, and
produces euphoria |
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It also reduces the sex drive
and in women it may interfere with the menstrual cycle |
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Methamphetamine |
 Nicotine |
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