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Opium

Opium derives from the poppy plant. Opiates include legal painkillers such as morphine, but also the illicit drug heroin.

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Is there opium in oriental poppies?

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Papaver orientale does not contain any morphine or codeine but it does contain some other alkaloids including thebaine, which can be used to make drugs.

How does opium affect students mentally physically and emotionally?

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Regular abusers may occur as early as a few hours after the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), kicking movements ("kicking the habit"), and other symptoms. Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week. Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal.

Why did opium wars begin?

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China and Britain traded opium, Britain go the opium from south India, Chinese people were getting onto this drug and so China tried to stopped all trade with Britain. China also tried to get rid of most of the opium but failed, china hurt Britain's economy and Britain attacked china's navy but china ended up losing because Britain went through the Industrial Revolution so they had better weapons that could reload faster and fire farther

How can a religion be an opium of the people?

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As opium is drug which leaves the mind in a state of false images or false realities. So do some religions confuse those who partake in its doctrine. There are confused as to what is truth. Confusion is not of God for His house is a house of order.

religion become opium to the people because they have different views of what they believe and knows .

Does opium come from white poppies?

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Wait until the petals fall from the seed pod, leaving a ball shape pod. Scratch the surface of the pod with a pin, very lightly (if you scratch too deep, it will ruin the opium) or about 1/12 inch. I thick, white sap will come out. That is opium. Let the wounds seep for a few hours. Come back and the opium should have dried, then scrape it off of the pod. This is crude opium

Is naproxen a drug that contain opium?

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Naproxen is not an opiate, but that does not mean it will not be detected in a drug test.

How do you pass a mouth swab test if you used hydrocodone?

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Hydrocodone leaves your body within 1-3 day. For some occasional users it isn't detectable at all. Hydrocodone for the most part would be hard to detect in an oral drug test. Since hydrocodone is so soluble in water, or alcohol it should be completely undetectable if you wash your mouth thoroughly before the test. Even if you don't get the chance to wash your mouth, you are gonna be safe 99% of the time because most oral drugs test are looking for drugs you'd smoke, such as crack, weed, opium, or black tar heroin.

Is aspirin in opium?

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There is no aspirin in opium, and there is no opium in aspirin. Opiates and opioids act by blocking pain receptors in the central nervous system and do not contain any NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which include aspirin and ibuprofen). Aspirin and other non-narcotic drugs do not act on the central nervous system. Instead, they help relieve pain by reducing swelling/inflammation, hindering pain chemicals (prostaglandins), and bringing down fevers. It is worth noting that a combination of aspirin and opium works better to relieve pain than giving these two medicines separately.

Is opium an upper or a downer?

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downer

It is one of the most potent opioids (like morphine, but much stronger) and is very sedative (a downer). It is usually injected with nearly immediate effects (extreme euphoria) and therefore is highly addictive and dangerous.

Where did the first opium war take place?

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The opium wars were never signed. Wars are declared or undeclared, not signed.

Where is the most opium made?

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Burma, Afghanistan, Laos, Pakistan, Thailand, Mexico, Columbia, and India, primarily.

What is the primary active ingredient in opium?

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The active ingredient in Opium is morphine and codine. and the part of the opium utilized for medical purposes are its latex from the Opium poppies.

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What smells like black opium?

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dead cats. - actually I've heard it smells really nice, quite a sweet odour

Why is Opium illegal?

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In most countries Opium is illegal. Some medications (Morphine) are opium based and so are (Schedule 8 in Australia) restricted on who can administer them to patients or hold the keys that access the cupboard they are stored in.

Does percocet have opium in it?

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No, Percocet does not have opium in it. Opium is the dried latex of the opium poppy. It is a complex mixture of chemicals, containing narcotics such as morphine and codeine. Percocet contains acetaminophen and oxycodone. Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid, it does not occur naturally in opium (though it can be synthesized from chemicals in opium).

Where can you get opium?

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Well, Opium is used to make marijuana. It originated from United Statess!!!!!!! Its only grown in United States, and only sold in United States No. Opium comes from poppies, usually the opium poppy, Papaver somniferium, from the Middle East, Mexico, Asia, etc. Marijuana comes from Cannabis sativa, which is also grown in many countries. Both opium and marijuana have been in use for centuries, and both were around being bought and sold long before the US was ever thought of.

Why would a gastroenterologist prescribe opium?

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Of course, vicodin,Percocet,morphine, roxys and Oxys are all synthetic heroin in smaller doses but the same

Does opium come from opium poppy's?

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Yes, oxycodone does indeed come from the opium poppy plant. The opium alkaloid, thebaine, is extracted from the opium latex. It is then refined in a lab until it is made into Oxycodone.

What are the side affects on opium?

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Eating opium will give you a blissful high (Smoking it will get you very stoned), if often times used it can result in death. You'll become rediculously relaxed and lethargic, lose your energy, and interest in sex. Often use can lead to Death, it does not instantly kill you.

When did china prohibited opium trade?

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Opium has been available for 5,000 years. Chinese indigenous opium was inferior to the opium grown by the British on Indian plantations, so opium users favored the imported product. The British essentially forced imported opium on the Chinese, and large numbers of people became addicted. The British used profits to fund its domination of India. The Chinese government tried to control drug abuse in the 19th century, but found it was impossible without British support. The British were very much against the Chinese growing their own opium. There is no reason to believe that poppies are not native to parts of China. See "Opium," by Martin Booth.

How do you write a paragraph about why British insisted on farmers growing opium in India?

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The British insisted on farmers growing opium in India because of a trade deal with China. Tea became extremely popular in England, and by 1830, over 30 million pounds of tea was being imported from China. The rulers of China, the Manchus were unfriendly towards foreign merchants and their goods. Hence, there was nothing that England could offer to the Chinese in exchange for tea, except money. Doing so was a loss to the British treasury. Opium was used in Chinese medicine, but was banned for use due to its addictive qualities. The British started an illegal opium trade, and by 1839, there were an estimated 12 million opium smokers in China. All the supplied opium came from India and it formed an easy, cheap way to pay for the tea imported from China

What happened to hong kong after the opium war?

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all of their British soldiers were conquered by china

What was the outcome of the opium wars?

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The British empire, the largest drug dealer in the history of the world, beat the Chinese in two opium wars and gained the right to sell opium in more Chinese cities...the British could not colonize the Chinese and understood that making them into drug addicts may work this led to a three year conflict with Brittan

and china. the war lasted from 839 to 1842. China was defeated humiliatingly.