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  • The Narcotic Education Foundation of America states that historically, alcohol was used first to induce sleep. In 1806, scientist Friedrich Serturner isolated opium to create morphine, a pain killer, and in 1862 Adolf von Baeyer created barbiturates that not only kept patients calm and asleep but invoked sleep as well.

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    Valium and Other Depressants

    History of Opiates

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