Opium

Opium was used as a pain killer for several millenia. It was also used to treat mental illness and minor aliments like diarrhoea and headaches up until the early 20th century in Europe and North America.

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It is no longer used medically, although drugs derived from it remain in use.

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Short terms effects of use include euphoria, pain relief, and loss of muscle control

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Opium is commonly smoked, but can also be injected, or swallowed as a pill.

Citations

Drug fact sheet. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/drug_data_sheets/Opium.pdf

Drug guide. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/opium

Opium and heroin. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.drugs.com/opium.html

Opium

Aunti, Ah-Pen-Yan, Zero, God's Medicine

narcotic

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Opium is extracted from the juice of a poppy flower

It has been used since the Neotlithic Era, and became popular throughout Eurasia for several millenia.

Prolonged use can lead to sores covering the body, extreme constipation, and seizures

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Opium is an injectable narcotic that supplies a euphoric high and has historically been used as a pain killer

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Anthony Armitage

Stang

12/5/12

Period 6