Narcotic
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| - | # Any class of substances or [[drug]]s, that [[reduce]]s [[pain]], [[induce]]s [[sleep]] and may [[alter]] [[mood]] or [[behaviour]] that are also illegal. | ||
| - | # Any type of [[numb]]ing drug. | ||
| The term '''narcotic''' ''(ναρκωτικός)'' is believed to have been coined by [[Galen]] to refer to agents that benumb or deaden, causing loss of feeling or paralysis. The term is based on the Greek word ''ναρκωσις'' (narcosis), the term used by [[Hippocrates]] for the process of benumbing or the benumbed state. Galen listed [[mandrake (plant)|mandrake]] root, [[altercus]] ([[eclata]] seeds, and [[poppy]] juice (i.e. [[opium]]) as the chief examples. | The term '''narcotic''' ''(ναρκωτικός)'' is believed to have been coined by [[Galen]] to refer to agents that benumb or deaden, causing loss of feeling or paralysis. The term is based on the Greek word ''ναρκωσις'' (narcosis), the term used by [[Hippocrates]] for the process of benumbing or the benumbed state. Galen listed [[mandrake (plant)|mandrake]] root, [[altercus]] ([[eclata]] seeds, and [[poppy]] juice (i.e. [[opium]]) as the chief examples. | ||
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| Many law enforcement officials in the United States inaccurately use the word "narcotic" to refer to any illegal drug or any unlawfully possessed drug. An example is referring to [[cannabis]] as a narcotic. Because the term is often used broadly, inaccurately or pejoratively outside medical contexts, most medical professionals prefer the more precise term [[opioid analgesic|opioid]], which refers to natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic substances that behave pharmacologically like [[morphine]], the primary active constituent of natural [[opium poppy]]. | Many law enforcement officials in the United States inaccurately use the word "narcotic" to refer to any illegal drug or any unlawfully possessed drug. An example is referring to [[cannabis]] as a narcotic. Because the term is often used broadly, inaccurately or pejoratively outside medical contexts, most medical professionals prefer the more precise term [[opioid analgesic|opioid]], which refers to natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic substances that behave pharmacologically like [[morphine]], the primary active constituent of natural [[opium poppy]]. | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Opioid]] | ||
| + | * [[Opiate comparison]] | ||
| + | * [[Narcotics Anonymous]] | ||
| + | * [[Narcoterrorism]] | ||
| + | * [[Prohibition of drugs]] | ||
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The term narcotic (ναρκωτικός) is believed to have been coined by Galen to refer to agents that benumb or deaden, causing loss of feeling or paralysis. The term is based on the Greek word ναρκωσις (narcosis), the term used by Hippocrates for the process of benumbing or the benumbed state. Galen listed mandrake root, altercus (eclata seeds, and poppy juice (i.e. opium) as the chief examples.
In U.S.legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes "as well as cocaine and coca leaves," which although classified as "narcotics" in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), are chemically not narcotics. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not a narcotic.
Many law enforcement officials in the United States inaccurately use the word "narcotic" to refer to any illegal drug or any unlawfully possessed drug. An example is referring to cannabis as a narcotic. Because the term is often used broadly, inaccurately or pejoratively outside medical contexts, most medical professionals prefer the more precise term opioid, which refers to natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic substances that behave pharmacologically like morphine, the primary active constituent of natural opium poppy.
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