Morphine-free poppy points way to addiction-free drugs
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Australian researchers have discovered a natural variant of the opium poppy that produces powerful painkilling compounds but none of the addictive morphine and codeine.
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Admission will be free for a new documentary about coping with chronic illness, courtesy of the drug maker that produced the film.
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NEW YORK  - A novel study may provide an answer to a question that has puzzled drug abuse researchers for years -- namely, why someone would try a drug like heroin for the first time knowing that it is highly addictive.
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Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.
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The international community is making significant strides toward ridding northern Afghanistan of opium, a U.S. counter-narcotics official said Friday, despite setbacks in the Taliban-controlled south and forecasts of another record year of poppy cultivation.
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A non-nicotine drug specifically designed to help smokers quit is approved for use on the NHS.
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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Farida's son inherited her drug addiction in the womb, and drank her opium-laced breast milk. And when he cried and fussed, she calmed him with specks of opium diluted in tea.
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Got some leftover drugs -- the kind that someone else might want to use, such as painkillers or stimulants? Wrap them up in used kitty litter or other pet droppings, the government advises.
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In a mouse model of breast  cancer, the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib (Celebrex) prevents  chronic morphine-induced effects on tumor growth without  compromising pain relief, scientists report.
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A novel study may provide an  answer to a question that has puzzled drug abuse researchers  for years -- namely, why someone would try a drug like heroin  for the first time knowing that it is highly addictive.
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Premature babies who receive morphine may grow up to be more sensitive to pain, a study on rats suggests.
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While the opium poppy is the source for compounds needed to make potent painkillers such as oxycodone and other medicines, it is also the source for the illegal drug heroin.
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A non-nicotine drug specifically designed to help smokers quit is now available in the UK.
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It may soon be possible to take medication in a gel form rather than having to swallow a tablet.
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Good news for ageing hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- Most veteran patients who receive long-term treatment with morphine or other opioid painkillers receive moderate and stable doses of the medications, according to a Boston University School of Public Health study in the current issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.