1. History of Drug Abuse
... "angel dust- ), "designer drugs- such as MDMA (Ecstasy), and "party drugs- such as GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate). morphine Related: Pharmaceuticals principal derivative of opium , which is the juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy , Papaver somniferum. It was first isolated from opium in 1803 by the German pharmacist F. W. A. Serturner, who named it after Morpheus , the god of dreams. Given ... individuals the separation between self and environment disappears, leading to a sense of oneness or holiness. The effects, sometimes referred to as a "trip,"" can last from an hour to a f...
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