Tag: morphine

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 22:59 UTC

  A racehorse owned by Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for morphine

  

  A racehorse owned by the Queen has tested positive for morphine. Buckingham Palace said the banned substance was found in Estimate, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, reports the BBC. Initial indications are that the positive test resulted from the consumption of a contaminated feed product, the Palace said.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 10:55 UTC

  Painkiller as powerful as morphine has been found in deadly venom of the black mamba

  

  A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists. The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyse and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa.