Meet Norman, the no-morphine poppy
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Opium poppies can provide useful pharmaceuticals without making the addictive compounds in heroin and opium, an international team of scientists has shown.
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Good news for aging hippies: smoking  pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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A one-drug wonder doesn't have a future.
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No Sharpies. No situps. No pom-pom shaking. No spikes.
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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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Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people don't eat them.
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A substance sent to the water affairs department in Pretoria was apparently not anthrax as feared, police said on Thursday. Ten people were admitted to Pretoria&#39;s Unitas hospital for observation on Wednesday
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BALKH, Afghanistan  - As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy -- they planted marijuana instead.
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Traditional drugs have done little to help 39-year-old Angel Raich. Beset by ailments that include tumors in her brain, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort only in the marijuana that is recommended by her doctor.
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Scientists discover a cheap drug may cure liver disease - even in patients who can't give up boozing.
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NEW YORK  - The use of high or very high  doses of morphine is safe for hospice patients being cared for  at home, and does not reduce life expectancy, according to a  report in the journal Cancer.
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George Carlin, who has been pushing his book "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?" has admitted himself into a treatment program. Carlin, 67, has been battling alcohol and painkiller abuse for a while.  He has decided to take time for himself ...
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Some people can live a normal life while regularly taking heroin, according to researchers in Glasgow.
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Travel: They face a no-smoking ban next year - but Philip Sen discovers a thriving alternative to the 'alternative' scene.
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Scientists have discovered a poppy that does not produce addictive drugs - and are using it to make safer painkillers. Poppies are used to make the pharmaceuticals morphine and codeine, which act as painkillers
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A 16-year-old leukaemia patient foregoes further treatment so she can enjoy what is left of her life.
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The drug offers a new way of fighting severe pain, an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine .