Opium

Opium which is also known as Paregoric or Laudanum, will stay in the blood for about 6 hours. In urine it is 2 to 4 days and saliva is 1 to 4 days.

No.Opiates are Narcotics. Zoloft is not a narcotic.

The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history. This is because the British traders were trying to force a negative item, or a drug to be precise, into China, who refused to accept it. The reason China decided to refuse it is because the Opium is making the citizens addicts, and therefore must be stopped. The British didn't take this as a lesson, but instead declared war on China for not accepting an item that shouldn't be sold in the first place. So, this concludes that the war was declared without much consideration and thinking. Thus, I belive that The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history.

This depends on several different factors. The potency of the opium, user tolerance, method of administration, etc... The ingredients in opium that actually cause the "high" or "buzz" are morphine, codeine, thebaine, and several others. These chemicals are known as opium alkaloids or opiates. If you do a little research on these chemicals, and how the body if effected by and uses them, you will get a much better understanding. Opium is actually a "cocktail" of several different narcotic alkaloids. Even opium itself varies from plant to plant, and has different levels of each alkaloid in it. You will easily be able to find MUCH information on how these alkaloids work and how they are used. I can describe how they work, basically, however...

When an opiate enters the body, it is taken into the bloodstream. The blood carries it to the brain, where it attaches to special receptors in the brain (between the synapses) called "opiate receptors" or "opioid receptors" (to be more generic). When these molecules attach to the receptors, they actually slow down the signals from the nerves in the body to the brain. These signals from the body's nerves are what tells the brain "OUCH!" when something hurts you, and you feel the pain. Since the opiates slow down, or almost totally block out these signals, pain is barely, if at all, felt. The body will feel slightly numb, or desensitized for lack of a better word. The opiates also cause the brain to release high levels of serotonin and dopamine, which are natural endorphins that make you feel pleasure or happiness. The high levels that opiates cause the brain to release cause a feeling of euphoria (EXTREME happiness), content, safety and security, confidence, and general well-being and satisfaction. It is a depressant-narcotic, so it slows down the central nervous system (CNS). This can cause dizziness, uncoordinated movement, nausea, lethargy and drowsiness, slowed heartbeat and breathing, and several other side effects. However, side-effects vary greatly from person to person, with some experiencing very few or none, and some experiencing several or almost all. It depends on the person's body chemistry and their opiate tolerance. Different opiates have only slightly different effects, and in essences, they all serve the same basic purpose.

Just do a little research on opiate alkaloids and how they work in the body. You will understand it better. Remember that opium is NOT just one drug, but several different ones that come from the same plant's resin (or latex/gum). Drugs like diacetylmorphine (aka Heroin) are actually semi-synthetic and are NOT found naturally in the opium plant. Drugs like this are instead refined from the natural alkaloids to form new substances. Be sure to look up the NATURAL alkaloids found in opium that have not been tampered with. Examples are, once again,: Morphine, Codeine, Thebaine, and several others...

Little known fact:

Did you know that Heroin is actually a brand-name? It certainly is! Heroin is actually Diacetylmorphine, a chemically altered form of morphine which has a better bio-availability and acts quicker in the body. It was created by what is now know as Bayer Aspirin Co., a German pharmaceutical company. Bayer Aspirin was actually called Bayer Heroin, until the drug was removed from the market and made illegal due to abuse and addiction problems. So next time you see that bottle of Bayer Aspirin, remember what Bayer REALLY got started with! HAHA!

...and No, this is NOT a joke. It IS TRUE!

That is a mighty big question no one realy knows they have found it 4-5000 years ago through archialogy and was even used by the great Doc. Galin in treatment of his pacients in Rome. But through out history of humans at least when we left the neolithic era and forged into agriculture it has been around perhaps longer, predating recorded history so that question is like asking who invented fire.

First Opium War

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U.S. Congress bans opium in 1905

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.

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.

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

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 .

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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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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.

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).