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New clues emerge for understanding morphine addiction - 1 views

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Morphine Addiction Help - Resources for Morphine Dependency - 1 views

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  • Morphine is a powerful narcotic agent with strong analgesic action and other significant effects on the central nervous system. It is dangerously addicting. Morphine is a naturally occurring member of a large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids. Morphine is highly effective in relieving pain. It also inhibits the cough reflex, decreases the desire to eat, and causes constipation. Side effects include impairment of mental performance, euphoria, drowsiness, lethargy, and blurred vision.
  • Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: Shallow breathing Slow heartbeat Seizure (convulsions) Cold, clammy skin Confusion Severe weakness or dizziness Feeling light-headed, fainting Less serious side effects are more likely to occur, such as: Constipation Warmth, tingling, or redness under your skin Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain Diarrhea Loss of appetite Dizziness Headache Anxiety Memory problems Sleep problems (insomnia)
  • Prescription drugs can ease pain and aid in recovery
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  • , but they are also one of the most common roads to addiction around today.
  • hree Classes of Prescription Drugs Most Commonly Abused Opioids - which are used to treat pain (includes codeine, oxycodone and morphine) Central nervous system (CNS) depressants - used to treat sleep disorders and anxiety (includes barbiturates and benzodiazepines) Stimulants - used for narcolepsy, ADHD and obesity (includes dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate)
  • Extreme drowsiness Pinpoint pupils Confusion Cold and clammy skin Weak pulse Shallow breathing Fainting Breathing that stops
  • Just because morphine is a prescribed drug for pain relief does not mean this drug cannot become addictive.
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Selma March - 0 views

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Morphine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • It was discovered in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more widely used after the invention of the hypodermic needle in 1857. It took its name from the Greek God of dreams Morpheus
  • Morphine is the most abundant alkaloid found in opium, the dried sap (latex) derived from shallowly slicing the unripe seedpods of the opium, or common or edible, poppy, Papaver somniferum. Morphine was the first active principle purified from a plant source and is one of at least 50 alkaloids of several different types present in opium, Poppy Straw Concentrate, and other poppy derivatives.
  • 8 to 17 per cent of the dry weight of opium
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  • Lower concentrations may be found in a handful of other species in the poppy family, as well as in some species of hops and mulberry trees. Morphine is produced most predominantly early in the life cycle of the plant. Past the optimum point for extraction, various processes in the plant produce codeine, thebaine, and in some cases low quantities of hydromorphone, dihydromorphine, dihydrocodeine, tetrahydrothebaine, and hydrocodone.
  • Morphine has a high potential for addiction; tolerance and psychological dependence develop rapidly, although physical addiction may take several months to develop.
  • Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 in Paderborn, Germany, by Friedrich Sertürner.[2]
  • Later it was found that morphine was more addictive than either alcohol or opium, and its extensive use during the American Civil War allegedly resulted in over 400,000[4] sufferers from the "soldier's disease" of morphine addiction.[
  • Diacetylmorphine (better known as heroin) was synthesized from morphine in 1874 and brought to market by Bayer in 1898. Heroin is approximately 1.5 to 2 times more potent than morphine on a milligram-for-milligram basis.
  • An ampoule of morphine with integral needle for immediate use. From WWII.
  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is common among intravenous drug users.
  • A large overdose can cause asphyxia and death by respiratory depression if the person does not receive medical attention immediately.[31] Treatments include administration of activated charcoal, intravenous fluids, laxatives and naloxone. The latter completely reverses morphine's effects, but precipitates immediate onset of withdrawal in opiate-addicted subjects. Multiple doses may be needed.[31]
  • 200 mg
  • sleepiness, and feelings of pleasure. They can be released in response to pain, strenuous exercise, orgasm, or excitement.
  • phenanthrene opioid receptor agonist
  • Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy (COAT)
  • Morphine is a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid with two additional ring closures.
  • C17H19NO3H2O
  • "body high",
  • Morphine is known on the street and elsewhere as M, Number 13 (13th letter of alphabet, cf. Number 8 for heroin, Number 3 for codeine or cocaine)
  • , glad stuff, happy stuff, happy powder, white nurse, Red Cross, first line, unkie, mojo, God's Own Medicine, Vitamin M, Emma. Emmy, Lady M, white lady, cube, cube juice, mo, morf, morph, morpho, Miss Emma, mofo, hard stuff, dry grog, white hop (more accurately used for pantopon-type drugs), white merchandise, uncle, Uncle Morphy, big M, Murphy, morphy, coby, cobics, gold dust, monkey dust, love dust (cf. "initiative" for cocaine; more commonly used for MDA or MDMA), needle candy (cf. nose candy for cocaine; heroin, Dilaudid, Numorphan and the like are also known as such) and others.
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Why was Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama, (March 7, 1965) important?& also how important? ... - 0 views

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Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama, (March 7, 1965) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed - 0 views

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About the Author | Thomas L. Friedman - 0 views

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  • Now, you have to understand, Hattie was a single woman, nearing 60 at the time, and this was the 1960s. She was the polar opposite of ‘cool,' but we hung around her classroom like it was a malt shop and she was Wolfman Jack. None of us could have articulated it then, but it was because we enjoyed being harangued by her, disciplined by her and taught by her. She was a woman of clarity in an age of uncertainty." 
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      SABRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      This really sounds like a quote to me. THe way that he described this woman made the times that they lived in as clear as day.
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      flavioc784 wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      AMEN
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      thats amazing :D
  • University of Minnesota and Brandeis University, and graduated summa cum laude in 1975 with a degree in Mediterranean studies
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      He is a very well educated guy
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      i agree
  • In January 1989, Friedman started a new assignment as the Times's Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. During the next four years he traveled more than 500,000 miles, covering Secretary of State James A. Baker III and the end of the Cold War. "Journalism involves a lot of luck—being in the right place at the right time and then taking advantage of it," he once recalled. "I was very lucky to be in Lebanon when it became a dramatic global story, and I was very lucky to be on Jim Baker's plane to have a front-row seat for the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet empire, the first Gulf War, and the aftermath of Tiananmen Square." 
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      This is an interesting paragraph.
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      He's very accomplished
  • degree in modern Middle East studies from Oxford
  • Oxford
  • g from Stanford with a B.A. in economics, was attending the London School of Economics. They were married in
  • In January 1994, Friedman shifted again, this time to economics, and became the Times's International Economics Correspondent, covering the nexus between foreign policy and trade policy.
  • Friedman is a member of the Brandeis University Board of Trustees and, since 2004, of the Pulitzer Prize Board
  • Probably the most noteworthy columns I wrote during that period," Friedman recalled, "were my 2002 interview with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz
  • Friedman and his wife, Ann, reside in Bethesda, Maryland. Ann, who teaches first-grade reading in the public school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, is also chairman of the board of directors of the SEED Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that developed a college-prep public boarding school model for underserved urban students.
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Thomas Friedman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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      SEAN wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      hes a very rich man
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      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      his personal life!
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      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      yes he is
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      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      he has a very interesting life!
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      MICHAEL wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      He was a successful writer, sometimes drawing upon his readers for ideas. His writing on wars has won him awards.
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      born july 20, 1953
  • Master Championship bridge player, died in 2008. He has two older s
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  • to be a professional golfer. He attended Hebrew school five days a week until his bar mitzvah,[1] then St. Louis Park High School where he wrote articles for his school's newspaper.[2] He became enamored with Israel after a visit there in December 1968, and he spent all three of his high sc
  • Net worth $25 millio
  • Spouse Ann Bucksbaum
  • Born July 20, 1953 (1953-07-20) (age 57) St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S. Residence Bethesda, Maryland Occupation Author, columnist
  • Children Orly and Natalie Website
  • editors.[9] The GGP collapse marked the largest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history.[10] Ann and Thomas Friedman live in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The July 2006 issue of Washingtonian reported that they own "a palatial 11,400-square-foot (1,060 m2) house, currently valued at $9.3 million, on a 7½-acre parcel just blocks from I-495 and Bethesda Country Club." Friedman is paid $50,000 per speaking engagement.[8]
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      JEREMY wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      Thomas L. Friedman is a world renowned author and writer for The New York Times
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      I hate snow storms so much!
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Harper Lee - Information, Facts, and Links - 1 views

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  • She has published only one book
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      Wow..she is a one time wonder(:
  • Born in Monroeville, Alabama, in 1926, Nelle Harper Lee still lives there with her sister, and she spends time in New York City as well.
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  • she has fought fiercely to stay out of the public eye.
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  • A rough-and-tumble child, Harper Lee frequently defended her less rambunctious friend Truman Capote in the schoolyard. She later did the research for his acclaimed novel In Cold Blood.
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      Shes like me
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      hahah
  • Harper Lee’s mother was Frances Cunningham Finch. Lee uses all three of her mother’s names for characters in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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      Thats of her(:
  • Harper Lee Gregory Peck in the film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Lee received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize in Literature for To Kill a Mockingbird.
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      Congratulations!
  • To Kill a Mockingbird was made into a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck in 1962. Peck won an Oscar for his performance in the film.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird was banned by Virginia’s Hanover County School Board in 1966 because it deals with the subject of rape. Harper Lee defended her book as espousing a Christian ethic and an honorable code of conduct, and she scathingly questioned whether the school board members, in grossly misjudging her novel’s content, were illiterate.
  • and witty
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