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As the understanding of the pain pathways improves, researchers have great hopes of discovering better methods of analgesia. The search is on for a narcotic that works on the body's opiate receptors without provoking the side effects of morphine. Meptazinol, a drug developed in Britain by Wyeth Laboratories...
By and large, supporters have been persuaded by Quattlebaum's argument that heroin, which has been prohibited for use by U.S. doctors since 1956, is in many ways superior to morphine, the injectable narcotic most widely prescribed for cancer pain. According to Quattlebaum, heroin is faster acting because it...
It was at one of these "parties" that Schultes first sampled yaje, a narcotic which produces visual hallucinations. He also tried coca, from which cocaine is extracted, by chewing the toasted and powdered leaves of the plant.
Spinal Tap? There is no such beast. 1 his movie is merely the newest send-up the most passionate putdown, of pop culture's twin inanities: inept musicians and their earnest hagiographers. As conceived and improvised by Christopher Guest (Nigel), Michael McKean (David) Rob Reiner (Marty) and Harry Shearer...
In 1979 he became chairman, succeeding the colorful and quotable John deButts, who was a company spokesman in AT&T commercials. Brown's image has been bland by comparison. While respected for his intelligence and technical expertise, he has never been a great communicator. His speeches to groups of...