Topic: codeine (10 articles)

Description: Codeine is an opiate used in the treatment of pain and to reduce coughing. It occurs naturally in the opium poppy and as such has a long history of human use. ((5alpha,6alpha)-7,8-Didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy- 17-methylmorphinan-6-ol)

CANADA: Surrey Leader - Doda drug bust: Opium poppy plants seized in Surrey
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bclocalnews - Surrey Leader - Doda drug bust: Opium poppy plants seized in Surrey A police raid on a business in a busy Surrey shopping centre on Wednesday has seized several boxes of opium poppy pods used to produce "doda" a powder also known as "poor man's heroin" that is usually mixed with tea or hot water to serve as a stay-awake drug. (Fri Nov 20 02:15:45 2009 PST) [also bclocalnews4904]

Study examines temporal association between media coverage and opioid-related ...
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news-medical - (US) May have influenced opioid abuse. There are more drug overdose deaths than deaths from firearms or motor vehicle accidents. The bulk of these overdoses are from prescription opioids. (Fri Nov 20 01:34:33 2009 PST)

Surrey RCMP makes large doda seizure
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vancouversun - (Canada) Surrey RCMP said Thursday they have made a large seizure of doda, a little-known drug sometimes called b poor manb s heroinb that is gaining in popularity am... (Thu Nov 19 17:49:30 2009 PST)

CANADA: HuntsvilleForester.com - One in five Grade 8 students has used prescription drugs recreationally: study
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huntsvilleforester - (Canada) She said girls are more likely to try opiates than boys. The trendb s the same with marijuana: while 34 per cent of teens have used it in Ontario in the last year. (Thu Nov 19 02:41:08 2009 PST)

Quillen: Colorado's medical marijuana maze
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denverpost - (US) You would have had to work at it to find that marijuana was illegal. The only pot arrests I recall were "stupidity busts.". Thus a pot dispensary that was legal under California or Colorado law was still a target for the federal DEA. (Thu Nov 19 00:40:38 2009 PST)

For the record
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chronicle.augusta - (US) Nov. 1, 2007, in Richmond County of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; sentenced to five years in prison, to run concurrently with a seven-year probated sentence handed down July 22, 2004, for a Richmond County conviction of possession of cocaine; probation revoked Nov. 6, 2007; paroled to Richmond County effe... (Wed Nov 18 22:35:22 2009 PST)

Growing prescription drug abuse leads to more deaths in WV
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herald-dispatch - (US) Yet more and more people are becoming addicted to drugs across the state. 78 percent were considered to be accidental overdoses . (Wed Nov 18 20:18:19 2009 PST)

more codeine items (10 articles)

Links

• http://www.erowid.org/pharms/codeine/

Concept definition

• codeine