Psychology 2020A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Tegmentum, Nucleus Accumbens, Harm Reduction
10 Nov 2017
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Assyrian cuneiform tablets of 700 bc: opium was spread from the middle east to europe as a result of the crusades in the 11th and 12th centuries. In the late late1800"s, the anti-alcohol movement expanded to a more general anti-drug sentiment. This was the case in 1907 when a visit by such a crusader from san franciso set off a full-scale riot in. An open-ended search warrant given to a police officer for life. Could not be refused by a judge. The powder can be snorted (insufflated) or mixed with liquid and injected: since opiates are effective cough suppressive, codeine was sold as an otc cough suppressant. This lead to abuse of these cough medicines. Codeine cough medicine is now only available by prescription: heroin. Not a naturally occurring opiate: synthesized by c. r. Narcan; given by intramuscular or intravenous injection. It has an onset in minutes and an effective duration of about 30 minutes.
