Morphine

Need to Know Info

• It acts on the central nervous system to relive pain
• Has a high potential for addiction with its users
• It is in the opiate catogory
• Can be used for actual medical purposes

What it does to its users

• Morphine decreases pain and attention to what's going on in the real world
• When the drug wears off, unpleasant withdrawal effects like can occur
• Users can develop a psychological dependence to the drug
• Can cause user to have an unusual sense of well being and tolerance
• An overdose can cause loss of control of breathing/ respiratory failure

Morphine and the brain

• The human brain has specific receptor sites for opiates
• This was because the structure of morphine is similar to endorphins
• Endorphins go between nerve cells and decrease pain 
• Because it looks alike, morphine does the same but is more powerful 
• Users of morphine can also control how much of it goes to their brains

treatments for abuse

• Residential Treatment
• Counseling 
• Intervention
• Sober Living
• Partial Hospitalization