Comments on: Morphine (not the band)

Morphine (not the band)

lilboo — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:29:14 -0800

Happy Birthday Morphine!
As of tomorrow, Morphine celebrates 200 years of mellow. [via medgadget.com]

By: By The Grace of God

By The Grace of God — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:30:58 -0800

Then what's that syrup of poppies that's being taken by noble and royal folk in Sterling's Baroque Cycle? Opium?

By: mrbill

mrbill — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:39:36 -0800

You mean Stephenson's Baroque Cycle?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:45:18 -0800

BTGoG Probably Laudinum, which opium disolved in alchohol. The article actualy gives a more precicise recipie: There were many recipes for laudanum, the most famous being that of Thomas Sydenham (1624-89). Sydenham's recipe, given in his work on dysentery in 1669, contained 1 pound sherry wine, 2 ounces opium, 1 ounce saffron, 1 ounce powder of cinnamon, and 1 ounce powder of cloves.

By: Specklet

Specklet — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:45:57 -0800

BTGoG, morphine is refined opium.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:46:57 -0800

*nods out*

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:47:07 -0800

Intresting note papaver somniferum seeds are legal in the US, you can grow your own opium. However, since the plants contain morphine they aren't legal.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:48:25 -0800

BTGoG, morphine is refined opium. Opium is the sap of a spesific kind of Poppy plant (papaver somniferum), which contains several chemicals including Morphine and Codine.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:55:50 -0800

*nudges jonmc, fishes in ashtray for long butts, mumbles, writes down lyrics to "Sweet Jane" on a napkin, nods out*

By: 5MeoCMP

5MeoCMP — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:59:30 -0800

Many poppies other than papaver somniferum contain the relevant alkaloids ... even the California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) which is a member of the Papaveraceae family, has some. ObMefi: the tagline on the MetaFilter logo at the top of my screen is "more addictive than crack". The gods have a sense of humour today.

By: MikeKD

MikeKD — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:28 -0800

Paging C17H19NO3...

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:40:40 -0800

*nudges jonmc, fishes in ashtray for long butts, mumbles, writes down lyrics to "Sweet Jane" on a napkin, nods out* *takes dry dive from hotel room, hangs himself from a cell in the tombs*

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:41:51 -0800

I thought this post was going to be about the band. I would have had more to contribute because I have actual experience using Morphine as opposed to morphine-- to get my freak on!!!

By: aacheson

aacheson — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:46:24 -0800

I am so thankful for morphine! When I had my kidney stones taken out...oh was I a slave to the drip. They put my morphine drip on some sort of machine where I could press a button and get the drip of morphine. However, it was on a timer so I could only get it every hour or something like that. If I pressed the button before the timer was up, it would buzz. No morphine. buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz...no buzz. Ahhhhhhhhhh. Like a wave of relief washing over me. Until it made me throw up after 2 days. Not fun. :(

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:50:18 -0800

Gotta have M to get that tingle, tingle... *goes off to check if I quoted that right* Where is my copy of The Man With the Golden Arm, anyway? Hmmm?

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 20 May 2005 13:15:03 -0800

Heh...I nearly did FPP about this. I'll chuck this in then - they just got approval the other day to try using a modified reversing agent to help with the side affects from morphia.

By: warbaby

warbaby — Fri, 20 May 2005 13:43:29 -0800

delmoi: "...since the plants contain morphine they aren't legal." ahem.

By: Specklet

Specklet — Fri, 20 May 2005 14:18:21 -0800

warbaby, that reminds me of this.

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Fri, 20 May 2005 15:48:55 -0800

Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back. There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years, Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... -John Prine-

By: mudpuppie

mudpuppie — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:26:20 -0800

See also: Shaking Hands, Michele Shocked: A rebel stand is no place for a traitor A loveless Union cannot bend us to her will Cannot command the soldiers who now hate her Nor demand the fealty of her generals I took a rifle ball in my shoulder But my entire body filled with pain I pleaded with them all at the field hospital "Oh, God, another shot of morphine!" Soldier's Joy, oh what's the point in pleasure? When it's only meant to kill the pain Lay down my arms and take the coffin's measure Or take up arms and send me out to fight again And My Morphine, Gillian Welch (whose yodels do not transcribe well): I've looked around Been all up and down I never wasted time On two or three There's only one girl for me There was a time She used to treat me fine But lately she's been acting Awful stone Makes her man Weep and moan {Yodel} My Morphine will be The death of me

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:05:24 -0800

Well, if no one else will... this goes out to Mayor Curley: Where is the ritual And tell me where where is the taste Where is the sacrifice And tell me where where is the faith Someday there'll be a cure for pain That's the day I throw my drugs away When they find a cure for pain Where is the cave Where the wise woman went And tell me where Where's all that money that I spent I propose a toast to my self control You see it crawling helpless on the floor Someday there'll be a cure for pain That's the day I throw my drugs away When they find a cure for pain (x2) When they find a cure find a cure for pain

By: idontlikewords

idontlikewords — Fri, 20 May 2005 20:16:24 -0800

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Hm, I had no idea that Spiritualized's J. Spaceman had nicked this part of the lyrics to Cop Shoot Cop from John Prine. It's hardly J's only opiatic song though. Medication's one of my favorites: Every day I wake up And I take my medication And I spend the rest of the day Waiting for it to wear off Every night I stay up late And make my state more desperate Spend the rest of the night Waiting for it to wear off I'm waiting for the time When I can be without These things that make me feel This way all of the time Every time I say this I just know this time I mean it But a feeling deep inside Says "it's okay one more time" Makes me feel so good Makes me feel so fine Makes me feel so good Leaves me fucked up inside

By: kenko

kenko — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:00:12 -0800

Sometimes I don't even know where this dusty road is taking me Sometimes I don't even know the reason why But I figure I'll keep on ramblin' Lots of booze and lots of gamblin' It's easier than just waitin around to die. Once I had a Ma, I even had a Pa He hit her with a belt once 'cause she cried She told him to take care of me Headed back to Tennessee It was easier 'n just waitin around to die. I came of age and I met a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar She cleaned me out and hid it on the sly I tried to kill the pain I bought some wine and hopped a train It was easier than just waiting around to die My friend said he knew where some easy money was We robbed a man and brother did we fly The police caught up with me drug me back to muskogee Now it's two long years of waitng around to die. Now I'm out of prison I got me a friend at last He don't drink, or cheat, or steal, or lie His name's codeine he's the finest thing I've seen and together we're gonna wait around to die.