Read more opiates stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10831/opiates.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74599/pain-relieving-morphine-may-spread-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorphine, a painkiller often prescribed to ease cancer patients' suffering, may in fact encourage the spread of the disease. A new study suggests that the opiate strengthens blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to tumors, as well as makes it easier for cancers to invade new tissues and spread,...http://www.newser.com/story/74599/pain-relieving-morphine-may-spread-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 7:44:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66178/heroin-makes-a-comeback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe last 2 weeks have seen authorities seize huge amounts of heroin across the country—a combined 510 pounds in California, plus 17 more in New York. The drug hasn't been this readily available since the 1970s, reports the Christian Science Monitor , and authorities are worried because today's version is...http://www.newser.com/story/66178/heroin-makes-a-comeback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 17:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62947/no-evidence-of-demerol-injection-lapd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthorities have seen no evidence that Michael Jackson was injected with the painkiller Demerol before his death, a detective tells the Los Angeles Times . The widely reported claims “are coming from outside the investigation,” he said today. Meanwhile, Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has returned to the city and is preparing...http://www.newser.com/story/62947/no-evidence-of-demerol-injection-lapd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62921/cops-cant-find-jacksons-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jackson's doctor has apparently gone AWOL, TMZ reports. Authorities want to interview him but can't find him, sources say. Cops towed his BMW from Jackson's house last night. One source says the doctor gave Jackson an injection, possibly of the morphine-like drug Demerol, before he died. The LA coroner,...http://www.newser.com/story/62921/cops-cant-find-jacksons-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 11:17:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6533/afghanistan-supplies-93-of-worlds-opiates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfghanistan's opium production has soared over the last year and the country now supplies 93% of the world's opiates. Most of the poppies are grown along the country's southern border with Pakistan, where the insurgency is strong, security is weak, and the Taliban continues to use its drug profits to...http://www.newser.com/story/6533/afghanistan-supplies-93-of-worlds-opiates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Aug 2007 6:47:35 CDT