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• Opioid receptor [r]: G-protein coupled receptors located in the brain and various organs that bind opiates or opioid substances as ligands. ^[e]
• Opioid analgesic [r]: Synthetic narcotic that has opiate-like activities, which induces analgesia by mimicking endogenous opioids, at opioid receptors in the brain. ^[e]
• Prodrug [r]: A chemical compound that becomes metabolized into an active drug. ^[e]
• Drug trade [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Morphine [r]: The clinical prototype for all pure agonist opioid analgesics; occurs in the native opium poppy; molecule is a derivative of phenanthrene ^[e]

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• Blood-brain barrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cocaine [r]: A crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, that is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant; it is also a local anesthetic primarily used in otolaryngology ^[e]
• Drug Enforcement Administration [r]: Federal government agency charged with enforcing controlled substances laws and regulations in the United States. ^[e]
• Food and Drug Administration [r]: The agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, biological medical products, blood products, medical devices, radiation-emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics. ^[e]
• Janis Joplin [r]: (19 January 1943 – 4 October 1970) American singer, songwriter and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. ^[e]
• Marijuana [r]: Commonly used drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa or C. indica. ^[e]
• Naloxone [r]: Opiate antagonist, that binds receptors of endogenous opiates or drugs like morphine, codeine and heroin. ^[e]
• Rhabdomyolysis [r]: Acute, fulminant, potentially fatal disease that destroys skeletal muscle and is often accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine. ^[e]
• U.S. intelligence and transnational crime and drugs [r]: Add brief definition or description

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• Heart [r]: A chambered muscular organ in organisms that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system. ^[e]
• Methamphetamine [r]: A psychostimulant and sympathomimetic drug, which enters the brain and triggers a cascading release of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. ^[e]