what is the backround/history of codeine?
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codeine is a derivative, same family as morphene, just in a dose that is not as strong
http://www.linkbase.org/codeine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine
http://gsm.about.com/compact/showmono.asp?monotype=&cpnum=146&r=6078&match=F
http://www.drugs.com/codeine.html
Codeine is one of the substances present in Opium. Opium has a long history associated with the Opium Poppy flower. As far back as unrecorded history medical men used ground poppy flowers such as the Papaver Somniferum as a treatment for pain. The pod would be ground and turned into an unpleasant to drink tea. In modern history after technology was developed to extract pure opium from the plant, opium injection would be used as a pain and anxiety relief agent.
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