COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Methamphetamine and morphine
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poppy seeds
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Heroin and morphine
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Heroin and marijuana
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Detailed explanation-1: -opium. noun. opi·um ˈō-pē-əm. : a bitter brownish narcotic drug that causes addiction and is the dried juice of the unripe fruit capsule of the opium poppy. : something having an effect like that of opium.
Detailed explanation-2: -Morphine injection is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. It may also be used before or during surgery with an anesthetic (medicine that puts you to sleep). Morphine belongs to the group of medicines called narcotic analgesics (pain medicines). It acts on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Recreational” Drugs Opium is the dried milky exudate derived from the unripe seed capsules of the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. Opium contains 24 alkaloids including morphine, codeine, and thebaine (dimethylmorphine). Raw opium consists of at least 10% morphine, but variability exists by growing region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Opium has been known for millennia to relieve pain and its use for surgical analgesia has been recorded for several centuries. The Sumerian clay tablet (about 2100 BC) is considered to be the world’s oldest recorded list of medical prescriptions.