Opioids such as morphine are, sometimes. Opium itself... not likely; morphine is the active ingredient, and dosage is a lot easier to control with the purified substance.
Yes provided it is not the end stage cancer
No, "end stage" is not hyphenated when used as a noun or adjective phrase. It typically appears as two separate words, such as in "end stage cancer." However, if used as a compound adjective before a noun, it can be hyphenated, as in "end-stage treatment." Always consider the context in which it is used.
The opium trade was extremely profitable for the British, and thus they wished to end the ban of opium in order to resume the opium trade and make profits.
This condition is known, medically, as anorexia nervosa (in the young person) and cachexia (in the elderly or infirm - such as someone with end-stage cancer).
If you do not have cancer and continue to use cancer pills, you may end up weakening your immune systems.
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
The person might end up getting cancer.
The stage of death when a person allows their eyes to roll back in their head and the eyes become fixed is clinical death or the end stage. This is the final stage of death.
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
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The person might end up getting cancer.
. My sister-in-law is bleeding internally and has stage 4 lung cancer. Her oncologist said she would go within a week. She is 49.