CODEINE

By Jessica Bautista, 3rd Period Forensic Science

-Naming-

IUPAC NAME: 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol

“Cody”“Schoolboy”“T-Threes”

STREET NAMES:

C18H21NO3

CHEM FORMULA:

-Classificati

on-

SCHEDULE II

NARCOTIC

High potential for abuse High potential for physical

and psychological dependence

Accepted medical value

Drug that induces sleep and depresses vital body

functions

-History- Natural substance derived from

opium poppy plant

Used by Babylonians in 4000 B.C

Separated ingredients of opium in the 19th century

Discovered by Pierre-Jean Robiquet in 1832

Chemical makeup was described by Thomas Anderson

Ended codeine as an OTC product in 2000

-Production

-

Alkaloid of opium

Extracted through various techniques

Sometimes synthesized from

morphine

Body metabolizes codeine back into

morphine

-Users-MAINLY:

Athletes

Those with health

problems

-Users-4.7 million Americans reported

non-medical use codeine.

Those who use codeine usually administer the drug orally or

rectally.

Codeine cannot be safely injected or snorted into the

body.

Prescription from a doctor.

Buy products that have codeine and extract the codeine.

-Effects-

EUPHORIA SLOWHEART RATE

SHALLOWBREATHING

DROWSINESS

CONFUSION NAUSEA

-Risks-Lack of coordination

Dulled responses

Dependence

Respiratory depression

Liver damage

Kidney failure

LD50 = 800 mg.

-Detection-BLOOD

1 DAY

URINE1-2 DAYS

HAIR90 DAYS

-Conseque

nces-

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