Origin of Heroin

Did you know that….. Heroin was isolated from opium in 1898 ?. Heroin was first isolated from opium as a non-addictive substitute for Morphine. At first i

Overdoses of cocaine (English)

Did you know that….. Overdoses of cocaine produces tremors, convulsion and delirium ?. Death may be due to cardiovascular collapse or respiratory failure.

The Crack (English)

Did you know that….. Crack is the “Free base” of the cocaine ?. The Crack is smoked and produces a very high concentrations of cocaine in plas

Morphine

  Did you know that….. At the beginning of the nineteenth century Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1841), a german pharmacist, isolated an active constitue

Cannabis Dependence

The Cannabis or “Marijuana” is used in the form of cigarettes made from the dried plant, or its resin and flowers. The effects of the drug are: exal

Amphetamines Effects (English)

Did you know that….. Amphetamines are the prototype Central Nervous System stimulant ?. Did you know that….. Amphetamines produce mood elevation wit

Amphetamines (English)

Did you know that….. The effects of Amphetamines are alertness, anorexia, elevated mood, increased wakefulness and concentration ?. Amphetamines produce a

Barbiturates (English)

Did you know that….. Barbiturates drugs, when taken to excess, produce that the patient becames sleepy, tremoulous, dull and ataxic ?. (Edited by Dra. Moy