Heroin and Other Opioids: Poppies' Perilous Children

Heroin, opium, morphine, and codeine—the natural opioids. In Heroin and Other Opioids: Poppies'' Perilous Children, you''ll learn about these substances as well as newer derivatives, all of which can impact lives in serious and negative ways. Take a trip through the history of opium production and use, and its role in political history. Discover that opioids were popular patent medicines, the prim...