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Opium

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Updated November 24, 2003

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Category:

Opioids and Morphine Derivatives.

Commercial and Street Names:

Laudanum, paregoric; big O, black stuff, block, gum, hop.

How Administered:

Swallowed, smoked.

Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences:

Pain relief, euphoria, drowsiness/respiratory depression and arrest, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation, unconsciousness, coma, tolerance, addiction.

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