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Traces of morphine in urine samples have been considered a clear proof of drug use or the consumption of food containing poppy in the past. Now a study by a team of scientists in Germany and the U.S. points to another possible explanation: they managed for the first time to prove that mice -- and probably humans and other mammals as well -- produce their own morphine in their bodies.

Posted on Thu, 06 May 2010 20:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...165907.htm
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