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Morphine




Morphine is one of the most effective drugs known for the relief of severe pain and remains the standard against which new analgesics are measured.

Street names:

  • M
  • Morpho
  • First Line
  • God's Drug
  • Dreamer
  • Morf

What Morphine looks like:

White crystals, hypodermic tablets, or injectable solutions.

Morphine

Methods of use:

  • Ingested orally
  • Injected
  • Smoked

Short term effects:

  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • Severe Itching
  • Dry mouth
  • Drowsiness
  • Slowed breathing, possibly to the point of death

Long term effects:

  • Scarred or Collapsed Veins
  • Bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves
  • Abscesses and other soft-tissue infections
  • Liver Disease
  • Kidney Disease
  • Pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis
  • Chronic Addiction
  • Arthritis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hepatitis B and C
  • Miscarriage or premature delivery in pregnant women
  • Seizures



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