Drugs in American SocietyThis edition probes the drug phenomenon in all its social, cultural and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal, recreational use, from casual use to addiction. |
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Page 34
... morphine . A toxicologist would not be able to tell from a dead body whether the deceased took heroin or morphine , since the former converts into the latter ; the same is true of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine . The body acts on a ...
... morphine . A toxicologist would not be able to tell from a dead body whether the deceased took heroin or morphine , since the former converts into the latter ; the same is true of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine . The body acts on a ...
Page 314
... morphine ; in volume , five units of morphine pro- duce one of heroin . Morphine is in turn extracted from opium , which is roughly 10 per- cent morphine by weight . Opium is grown in and imported mainly from Southeast Asia ( the ...
... morphine ; in volume , five units of morphine pro- duce one of heroin . Morphine is in turn extracted from opium , which is roughly 10 per- cent morphine by weight . Opium is grown in and imported mainly from Southeast Asia ( the ...
Page 339
... morphine ( in fact , when consumed , heroin is broken down into morphine in the body ) , which is , in turn , derived from opium . The heroin consumed in the United States comes from a variety of sources , including Southeast Asia ( the ...
... morphine ( in fact , when consumed , heroin is broken down into morphine in the body ) , which is , in turn , derived from opium . The heroin consumed in the United States comes from a variety of sources , including Southeast Asia ( the ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
Copyright | |
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