Drug info - Morphine from 1950 safe?

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SWIM located an orange vial containing 25 small pills with the label 'Morphine Sulphate 1/4 Grain Hypodermic Tablets', estimated to be at least 40-50 years old.
SWIM also said there was a vintage hypodermic syringe that looked like the one on the left in the address below:

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SWIM wants to know:

- Would these pills be safe to swallow or snort being as old as they are?
- Is it possible to get sick from expired medicine or does it just cease to function?
- Would 1/4 grain be equivalent to MS IR 16mg?

SWIM is not interested in IV. Thanks in advance.