The history of morphine goes far back in the past. In the Byzantine times was circulating among alchemists an elixir based on opium, but it is supposed that the specific formula was lost during the Ottoman conquest of Contantinople. A little bit later, in 1522, Paracelsus made reference to “laudanum”, also an elixir based on [...]

 
Scientifically speaking, the crack cocaine, also known as freebase, is cocaine that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt. This is and the explanation of the term freebase, it refers to the fact that the cocaine no longer contains hydrochloride acid, which is a base element. Usually, the mixture is [...]

 
A plant with leaves, almost like any other plant, is the origin of a black market industry that turn around billions of dollars every year. In spite of the efforts of all the governments in the world the narco traffic cannot be stopped. There are people who are richer even than Bill Gates and all [...]

 
Today cocaine is considered the world’s most powerful naturally occurring stimulant. Cocaine is extracted from Erythroxylon coca, a leafed plant native to South America. Countries like Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia are currently producing about 80 % of the world’s cocaine. Cocaine and its derivatives are usually used in four ways: the leaves are sucked [...]

 
The history of cocaine goes far deep in the past. Not many people know that in 1551 a Bishop outlawed cocaine for fear it was “an evil agent of the devil”. As a matter of facts, cocaine was introduced to The North America continent in the 19th century. On that times, the cocoa leaves were [...]