Opiates 1
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Substance Abuse: Current Concepts
- Grade Level: Adult
- Subjects: Health
- Produced By: Governors State University
- Year: 2000
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 57m 35s
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Reviews the history of opiate use, particularly in the United States. The lesson traces the historical uses and pharmacology of such drugs as opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, and methadone. Discussion covers the medical uses of opiates (for managing pain or warding off dysentery), the popular use of opiates as recreational drugs, and the heated debate in both treatment centers and law enforcement that result from the general use of opiates.