Describe how opium is obtained from poppies. |
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List several historical uses for opium and describe early recreational uses of opium and its derivatives. |
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Explain the role of the opium trade in the wars between Great Britain and China in the 1800s. |
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Describe the relationship of morphine and codeine to opium and the relationship of heroin to morphine. |
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Explain how the "typical" opioid abuser has changed from the early 1900s to the present. |
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Describe how sources of supply for heroin have changed over the past 30 years and list the current major source countries. |
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Explain how opioid antagonists block the effects of opioid drugs. |
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Recognize that endorphins and enkephalins are endogenous opioids (and explain what is meant by "endogenous"). |
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Describe three current medical uses for opioids. |
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Describe the typical opioid withdrawal syndrome. |
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Explain how people die from opioid overdose. |
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Describe the typical method of preparing and injecting illicit heroin. |