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A molecule that whispers everything is fine right up until it isn't.
means A class of drugs that block pain by hijacking the brain's natural reward and relief receptors.
from From opium, the dried latex of the poppy Papaver somniferum, named for the Greek opion, meaning poppy juice; the suffix -oid marks synthetic cousins built to mimic it.
Built-in versionYour body makes its own: endorphins.
Wartime nicknameMorphine honors Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Potency leapFentanyl is roughly fifty times stronger than heroin.