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(Encyclopedia) Trumbull, town (1990 pop. 32,016), Fairfield co., SW Conn.; settled in the 1660s, inc. 1797. Largely residential, the town has some light industry. The NASDAQ's data center is there.Lockport
(Encyclopedia) Lockport, industrial city (1990 pop. 24,426), seat of Niagara co., W N.Y., on the Erie Canal, in a rich fruit and dairy region; settled 1821, inc. 1865. Automotive parts; metal, paper…Clarksburg
(Encyclopedia) Clarksburg, city (2020 pop. 14,929), seat of Harrison co., N central W.Va., at the confluence of Elk Creek and the West Fork of the…Sioux Falls
(Encyclopedia) Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in…hashish
(Encyclopedia) hashishhashishhăshˈēsh, –ĭsh [key], resin extracted from the flower clusters and top leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, and C. indica. Hashish, called charas in India, is the…barbiturate
(Encyclopedia) barbituratebarbituratebärbĭchˈərātˌ [key], any one of a group of drugs that act as depressants on the central nervous system. High doses depress both nerve and muscle activity and…LSD
(Encyclopedia) LSD or lysergic acid diethylamidelysergic acid diethylamidelīˌsûrˈjĭk, dīˌĕthˈələmĭd, dīˌĕthəlămˈĭd [key], alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot (…narcotic
(Encyclopedia) narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine…morphine
(Encyclopedia) morphine, principal derivative of opium, which is the juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. It was first isolated from opium in 1803 by the German…methadone
(Encyclopedia) methadonemethadonemĕthˈədōnˌ, –dŏnˌ [key], synthetic narcotic similar in effect to morphine. Synthesized in Germany, it came into clinical use after World War II. It is sometimes used…Trending
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