Candace Pert

Candace Pert

female, 63 years old
Candace Beebe Pert (b. June 26, 1946) is a neuroscientist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular bonding site for endorphins in the...

Steve Hansgen

male
Steve Hansgen is probably most famed for playing bass in the legendary hardcore band Minor Threat. He joined them in the fall of 1982 allowing...
Ronald Melzack

Ronald Melzack

male, 80 years old (Quebec, Canada)
Ronald Melzack (born July 19, 1929, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian psychologist. After studying for his Ph.D. in 1954 with D. O. Hebb at McGill...
Francis Moraes

Francis Moraes

male
Dr. Francis Moraes (or 'Dr. H', his online pseudonym) is the author of three opiate related non-fiction books. Writing from a position of harm...
William S. Burroughs Jr.

William S. Burroughs Jr.

male, deceased (1981)
William Seward Burroughs II, more commonly known as William S. Burroughs (pronounced), was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter...
Yoshio Kodama

Yoshio Kodama

male, deceased (1984)
Yoshio Kodama was a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous 'kuromaku', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the...
Elizabeth Porter

Elizabeth Porter

female, deceased (1752)
Elizabeth Jervis Porter (1689-1752) was the wife of Samuel Johnson. Born Elizabeth Jarvis (or Jervis - Boswell lists both), her first marriage was...
Trotula Of Salerno

Trotula Of Salerno

female, 919 years old
Trotula of Salerno (b. c. 1090), also known as Trotula di Ruggiero, Trota and Trocta, was a female physician who wrote several influential works on...
Pete The Opiate

Pete The Opiate

male (Chesterfield, Virginia, United States)