There is a psychological state called “helper’s high” whereby giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high. Research has shown that helping others lights up the same part of the brain as receiving rewards or experiencing pleasure. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Morphine Misuse
When morphine was first isolated from opium in 1805, one of its early uses was as a “non-addictive” drug to treat people with an addiction to the relatively less addictive opium. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://methoide.fcm.arizona.edu/infocenter/index.cfm?stid=174
WTF Fun Fact – Dr. William Stewart Halstead
Dr. William Stewart Halstead, the father of modern surgery, pioneered the use of anesthetics by experimentally injecting himself himself with cocaine. He eventually became addicted to cocaine and then morphine but somehow continued to modernize medical training. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.idigitalhealth.com/news/podcast-how-the-father-of-modern-surgery-became-a-healthcare-antihero
WTF Fun Fact – Opiophin
Human saliva contains a painkiller called Opiophin that is roughly 6 times more powerful than morphine. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nature.com/news/2006/061113/full/061113-4.html
