Psychology 2020A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Papaver Somniferum, So Uk, Thebaine
22 Jul 2018
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Opioids can be divided into four broad categories: Three natural compounds that can be extracted from opium: morphine, codeine, and thebaine. Derivative compounds created by making specific changes in the chemical composition of morphine. Derivative compounds created by making specific changes in the chemical composition of codeine or thebaine. A drug with a very long history, opium has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes for approximately 5,000 years. First written references date back to the early third century b. c. Became a major recreational drug in europe and the united states. During the nineteenth century, opium even figured in global politics as the instigating factor for the opium war fought between china and britain. So uk had financial issues bc they wanted chinas tea so bad. So china has no choice but to say quit it bc it was causing the epidemic to come back (ppl were using it again)
