NARCOTICS

Narcotics are derived from the opium poppy and include the commonly known painkillers morphine, diamorphine and pethidine. Narcotics are used in medicine to reduce severe pain. Narcotics have no performance enhancing qualities. Athletes use Narcotics to disguise pain in large competitions to improve their resistance to pain, to last longer and go further. The side effetcs are nausea, vomiting, addiction and mood changes.

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