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Mind Over Matter: Opiates
Describes how opiates, such as Vicodin, morphine, heroin, and codeine, affect the brain, the nervous system, and the limbic system, which controls emotions.
NIH Pub Number: 09-3856
Published: January 1997
Revised: January 2009
Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Describes how opiates, such as Vicodin, morphine, heroin, and codeine, affect the brain, the nervous system, and the limbic system, which controls emotions.
External Link:
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/mom/mom_opi1.php
NIH Pub Number:
09-3856
Date:
January 1997
Revision Date:
January 2009