1. opiates are derived from the poppy

2. this is a Group of drugs that includes opium, morphine, codeine, thebaine..

3. and heroin; as well as the semi-synthetics hydromorphone and oxycodone.

4. morphine was the first in a long line of important chemical syntheses...

5. that produced a key process that is central to modern chemistry.

6. Morphine came into popular use with the invention of the hypodrmic needle.

7. heroin was originally a commercial product manufactured by bayer company.

8. there is a long literary tradition based on opiates.

9. thomas de quincey used opium tinctures

10. william burroughs used heroin, morphine and dilaudid.

11. in wwii the germans lost access to the turkish poppy fields...

12. this instigated the invention of a synthetic that they called dolophine.

13. we know this varant today under the name "methadone"...

14. originally intended as a pain killer it has come to be associated with...

15. treatment of addiction as a maintenance drug.

16. continually shooting up is both a drag and a definite health problem.

17. methadone does have its uses. however, not enough research is...

18. done in this area. orally administered morphine as well as...

19. tinctures, tea, and raw opium may prove better for this in the long run.