Charles Romley Alder Wright several hours and produced a more potent, acetylated form of morphine, now called "diamorphine (or diacetylmorphine)", also known as heroin. After Wright's death, Heinrich Dreser, a chemist at Bayer Laboratories, continued to test heroin. Bayer marketed it as an analgesic and 'sedative for coughs' in 1898. When its addictive potential was recognized, Bayer ceased its production in 1913. In 1892, Wright was the first to report the existence of the stoichiometric intermetallic compound AlSb (aluminium antimonide), which is now recognized as a compound semiconductor with potential use in high-frequency, low-power consumption microelectronics applications, as well as gamma radiation detection. In
Illegal drug trade in Venezuela to be vastly overstated". In 2009, a report from the United States Congress said that from 2004 to 2007, the quantity of cocaine exported from Colombia via Venezuela had quadrupled, reaching 17% of world trade in cocaine in 2007. The smuggling of cocaine has increased in Venezuela in the 2010s, going from about 25% of South American cocaine coming from the country in 2010 to about 33% in 2015. Illegal drug trade in Venezuela Illegal drug trade in Venezuela is the practice of illegal drug trade in Venezuela. Venezuela has been a path to the United States for illegal drugs