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Opium

Opium
Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut
CaptionOpium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut
ProductOpium
PlantPapaver somniferum
Partlatex|origin=Indochina Region
ActiveMorphine, Codeine
ProducersAfghanistan (primary), Pakistan, Northern India, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Mexico, Colombia, Hungary
Consumersworldwide (#1: U.S.)
Wholesale$3,000 per kilogram
Retail$16,000 per kilogram

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Opium (poppy tears, lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine. The traditional method of obtaining the latex is to scratch ("score") the immature seed pods (fruits) by hand; the latex leaks out and dries to a sticky yellowish residue that is later scraped off the fruit. The modern method is to harvest and process mature plants by machine. "Meconium" historically referred to related, weaker preparations made from other parts of the poppy or different species of poppies.

The production of opium itself has basically not changed since ancient times. However, through selective breeding of the Papaver somniferum plant, the content of the phenanthrene alkaloids morphine, codeine, and to a lesser extent thebaine, has been greatly increased. In modern times, much of the thebaine, which often serves as the raw material for the synthesis for hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and other semi-synthetic opiates, originates from extracting Papaver orientale or Papaver bracteatum.

Opium for illegal use is often converted into heroin, which is less bulky, making it easier to smuggle, and which multiplies its potency to approximately twice that of morphine. Heroin can be taken by intravenous injection, intranasally, or smoked (vaporized) and inhaled.

Opium Video

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MOONSPELL - Opium. From the album "Irreligious" Century Media 2003 CMDistro - www.cmdistro.com Best Buy - www.bestbuy.com iTunes (us) - itunes.apple.com Amazon MP3 - www.amazon.com EMP.de - www.emp.de Irreligious&tc=SEARCH Amazon.de - www.amazon.de Amazon.co.uk - www.amazon.co.uk Play.com - www.play.com iTunes (eu) - itunes.apple.com HMV.com - hmv.com
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Watch those idiosyncrasies Watch all the idiots fall on me Getting out of ways to get outta the way Take another shot just to stay the same But I need some balance - Back it off Fill your lungs 'til it makes you cough Tell me everything's gonna be alright 'Cause I don't think I'll make it through tonight The only way - Is all the way Oh - my - God It's judgement day and I'm not prepared Everybody out there's running scared So - Take a little bit off the top I don't care, just make it stop I won't give another soul... to you I won't give another life... to you You have to stop Stop! Do one thing and say something cryptic But the styles always clash One thing I know for sure The hypothetical won't work anymore One wrong move and they will pound! My nails are tight inside my wrists This sacrament is sacrilege and sentimental Deity experimental - Faith is accidental I won't give another soul... to you I won't give another life... to you I won't give another thought... to you I won't give anymore of my hope... to you
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Opium Project - Hello Moskva ( Dj Revyakin ) Top Tracks von Opium: Snova Gubi moi Shepchut Meine kleine
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A hit song by Agata Kristi. Sounds very 1983, but it's actually 1995.
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Découvrez le film pub de Belle d'Opium, le nouveau parfum féminin Yves Saint Laurent avec Mélanie Thierry, réalisé par Romain Gavras
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OPIUM Project - Я ÑÐµÐ±Ñ Ð½Ðµ лÑÐ±Ð»Ñ [Radio Edit]
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Nick Cave singing Opium Tea with some images I added- enjoy or not-from:Gord's Poetry Factory at gordspoetryfactory.blogspot.com and my website gordscafe at gordscafe.tripod.com
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Sydney Morning Herald--Under our eyes... -opium- poppy fields in Afghanistan. Photo: AP THE parliamentary debate on Australia's involvement in Afghanistan has involved little ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:08:35 GMT+00:00
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Huffington Post--Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday denounced a large-scale drug raid in which US forces and Russian drug agents took part, calling it a violation of ... - Date : Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:52:03 GMT+00:00
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New York Times--Afghanistan has long produced about 90 percent of the world's -opium-, and United States and Afghan officials worry that profits from the industry are used to ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:30:57 GMT+00:00
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