You might get confused over terms as you read about opium, opiates and opioids. Heroin, morphine, opium and codeine are opiates produced from the opium poppy plant. The other painkillers you read or hear about or ones prescribed usually by a doctor, such as Percocet, Demerol, Oxycodone, etc., are likely…
Most people have no idea how long opiates have been used as a mood altering drug or as a pain-killer. Below is from the Atlantic: The earliest reference to opium growth and use is in 3400 B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in…
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