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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
John, that is because Morphine is regulated by the Dangerous Drugs Act(1920) and is what is known as a controlled drug........and yes Dianne, Morphine does depress the respiratory centre in the brain....all opiates do this, but the effect is much more pronounced in the absence of pain.....so if you give someone who is painfree, a good dose of morphine, it is a good way to see them off this mortal coil......thier breathing will just get shallower and shallower until it stops altogether.
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Of course, no one has to "give" anyone morph ... the stuff is readily available on the street at around $15 for a grey ... doctors have over-prescribed it over here, and there seems to be more than enough floating around. Morph and other pain killers ... you know the ones I mean ... have become the drugs of choice for lotsa folks, particularly the working girls who don't want track marks on their bodies. But you probably know this, having worked in the health care system.