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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Drug abusers experience the following scenario: The pleasure given by their drug (or drugs) of choice is so strong that it is difficult to eradicate even after years of staying away from the substances involved. Certain triggers may cause a drug abuser to relapse. Research shows that long-term drug abuse results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after an individual stops using drugs. It is most important to realize that the same is true of not just illegal substances but alcohol and tobacco as well.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
A comparison between chromosomes found in a normal human cell and a cancer cell from the same person
(A) The structure of a neuron, showing the dendrites, nerve cell body, and axon. (B) Photomicrograph
The cell
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Positive and negative selection during T-cell development.
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