Canadian Addiction Rehab Getting Rid Of Morphine Addiction | Page 5

Morphine Addiction: How it is
misused
 The decay of morphine in the body depends on many factors and
importantly on how the abuser has administered the drug. Generally,
morphine lasts for 6 to 7 hours and minimum up to an hour. Morphine, if
taken in the form of injection, lasts for more than an hour with a peak of 20
minutes. Whereas taking them orally can increase the lasting effects up to 4
hours with a peak life of 30 minutes. These half-lives of the morphine drugs
have significant effects on the addiction and drug abusers demands and
ultimately withdrawal from the addiction.
 For the same reason that is to achieve the very goal of euphoria
immediately, the illegal drugs traders usually synthesized morphine into
heroin as it is more soluble and produce effects faster when compared to
morphine. The body quickly absorbs the heroin giving a potent high that
abusers usually look for. But final effects of both the morphine and heroin is
same as the brain transforms the heroin back to morphine again. But for
some even morphine is enough for producing the required joy and feelings
of positivity.