What are the common traditional poisons?

Also known as opium, commonly known as opium, is the emulsion of poppy fruit after drying and condensation. It is black or brown due to different origins and tastes bitter. Raw opium can be made into refined opium after cooking and fermentation, which has a strong sweetness when smoked. Smokers will feel dizzy, nauseous or headache when taking it for the first time, and will become addicted after taking it for many times.

2. morphine

It is an alkaloid separated from opium and its content in opium is about 10%. This product is colorless or white crystalline powder with analgesic, hypnotic, antitussive and antidiarrheal effects. Smoking will produce euphoria, which is more addictive than opium. Long-term use will cause mental disorder, delirium and fantasy, while excessive use will lead to respiratory failure and death. Historically, it was used as a psychotropic drug to quit opium, but it was eventually classified as a drug because of its excessive side effects.

3. Heroin

The chemical name "diacetylmorphine", commonly known as white powder, is made of morphine and acetic anhydride, and its analgesic effect is 4-8 times that of morphine. It has been widely used in anesthesia and analgesia in medicine, but it is addictive and extremely difficult to give up. Long-term use will destroy people's immune function and cause damage to major organs such as heart, liver and kidney. Injection can also spread diseases such as AIDS. Historically, it was used as a psychotropic drug to quit morphine, but it was eventually classified as a drug because of its excessive side effects. Heroin, known as the king of drugs in the world, is one of the key drugs monitored and banned in China at present.

4. marijuana

Millet of Moraceae is divided into toxic cannabis and non-toxic cannabis. The stems of non-toxic hemp can be made into fibers, and the seeds can be pressed for oil. Poisonous cannabis mainly refers to short and multi-branch Indian cannabis. Cannabis drugs mainly include cannabis, cannabis resin and hemp oil, and tetrahydrocannabinol is the main active ingredient. Cannabis has inhibitory and anesthetic effects on the central nervous system. Smoking will produce euphoria, sometimes hallucinations and delusions. Long-term smoking can lead to mental disorders, mental retardation and damage the human immune system.

5. Demero

Pethidine hydrochloride is a synthetic analgesic used in clinic. White crystalline powder, slightly bitter and odorless. Its action and mechanism are similar to morphine, but its sedative and anesthetic effects are less, which is only equivalent to morphine's110-1/8. Long-term use will produce dependence, and it is listed as a strictly controlled narcotic drug.

6. Coca

Coca is a tropical shrub growing in the American continent, Southeast Asia and Africa, especially a traditional plant in South America. The plant height of coca bush is 1.5-3m, the growth cycle is 30-40 years, and coca leaves can be picked 3-4 times a year. Coca leaf is an important substance for extracting coca drugs. It was once chewed by ancient Indians to treat some chronic diseases, but its toxic effect was quickly confirmed by science. Cocaine is the most important alkaloid, which can be separated from coca leaves.

7. Cocaine

Cocaine is a white crystalline alkaloid extracted from coca leaves, which is a powerful central nervous system stimulant and local anesthetic. It can block nerve conduction, produce local anesthesia, stimulate cerebral cortex and excite central nervous system by strengthening the activity of chemical substances in human body, which is characterized by high mood, activity, talkativeness, sometimes aggression and strong addiction.