Morphine
By: M. Foster Olive ; consulting editor David J. Triggle
Series: Understanding drugs; Understanding drugs (Chelsea House Publishers)
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9781604135442
Subjects: Morphine; Juvenile literature; Opium
Description: Provides a history of morphine, discusses its use and abuse, and describes the treatment for addiction to the drug.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 100) and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of morphine; title: History of morphine; title: The opium poppy; title: Biological effects of morphine; title: Morphine as an analgesic; title: Morphine addiction; title: Treatment of addiction to morphine and other opiates.