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Is opium a endangered species?
No. Opium is a refined product derived from the opium poppy, papaver somniferum, which grows in abundance all over the world.
What is the percentage of Morphine in pure Opium?
opium contains 10-16 percent of morphine.
Do opium and indigo harm the Indian peasants during the colonial period?
no we won't
Where does opium grow?
it grows in most Asian countries, primarily china, laos, even parts of the middle east
Which illicit drug did Afghanistan emerge in the mid-1980s as a major sources and accounted for over 70 percent of the worlds supply by year 2000?
Opium
How did the cultivation of opium and indigo harm the Indian peasants during the colonial period?
It Reduced Soil Fertility
Where did drug dealing begin?
China mid 1800s british sold indian opium to chinese people and the chinese gvt banned it the british wanted to continue selling it so they invaded china this was known as the opium wars.
What affect did the drug opium have on the Chinese people?
- Britain traded Indian opium for Chinese tea - Chinese people became addicted to opium - China made it illegal ad asked British to stop trade - Britain said no - China loses opium war - Because Britain has modernized weapons
What British families made money in china opium trade in 1800's?
The Sassoons were huge players in the opium trade in China. A Jewish family from Iraq, they went on to make millions through the British East Indian Company.
What species of plant does McCormick 100 percent organic poppy seeds come from?
Papaver Somniferum - aka. Opium Poppy
Why were the Indian cultivators unwilling to grow opium?
The crops should be grown on the land and fields that lay near villagers and well manures .if they plant opium on the land then pulses could not be grown there or they would have to grow on the interior land where harvests were poorer.
What job did George Orwell's dad have?
George Orwell's father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was a civil servant in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil Service. He worked as a sub-deputy opium agent.
