1 janv. 1900 - Innovations to make Drugs more Potent are Complete

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"By 1900... nearly all the innovations that currently make highly potent dugs available in a highly reinforcing form had taken place" (Goode, 36).

-1804: morphine is extracted from opium
-1831: codeine (derivative of opium) is synthesized
-1856: hypodermic syringe (with the specific purpose of injecting morphine) is brought to the U.S. from Europe
-1859: cocaine is isolated from coca leaves
-1874: diacetylmorphine (heroin) is synthesized from morphine
-1898: Bayer Laboratories markets heroin
commercially

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