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    The heroin is a very addictive illegal drug. Not only is the opiate more abusive‚ it is also the fastest-acting opiate. The heroin is processed from morphine‚ a substance that occurs naturally and is extracted from the acorn of certain varieties of poppies. It is typically sold in the form of white and brown powder‚ or as a sticky black substance known in the street as "rubber" or "black tar heroin". However‚ heroin is usually injected‚ inhaled or aspirated‚ or smoked. Typically‚ the addict can be

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    THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING (AMENDMENT)ACT‚ 2009 NO. 21 OF 2009 [6th March‚ 2009.] An Act further to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering Act‚ 2002. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:@ 1. ! Short title and commencement. ! 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Money-laundering (Amendment) Act‚ 2009. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may‚ by notification in the Official

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    Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt  1. How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering (Paleolithic) to agricultural-based (Neolithic) societies? people settled down to make beer out of barley and such 2. What does this history of beer in the ancient world tell us about the early civilizations? What it tells us really are essentially two things: first‚ that somehow ancient civilizations understood in some form or manner that the water was not "safe" to drink in some regions

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    many generations‚ his family lived and died at La Tuna.[26] His father was officially a cattle rancher‚ as were most in the area where Guzmán grew up; according to some sources‚ however‚ he may have possibly also been a gomero‚ a Sinaloan word for opium poppy farmer.[27] Guzmán has two younger sisters‚ Armida and Bernarda‚ and four younger brothers: Miguel Ángel‚ Aureliano‚ Arturo and Emilio. He had three

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    Opium Nation: Child Brides‚ Drug Lords‚ and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan‚ is indeed a very long name for a book. However‚ Fariba Nawa does a fabulous job depicting the disturbing picture of present-day Afghanistan and taking the ( what are you trying to say? Reread the whole sentence)women’s role in it as the main role. Fariba(always use the whole name) Nawa is a journalist who was born in Herat‚ Afghanistan and by the age of nine she and her family escaped (Try: Migrated to the United

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    restrictions imposing the practice of Co-hong to confine foreign trades and merchants in Canton. However‚ by late 18 century‚ the trading system seemed to change. The British commenced the opium trade‚ which created a steady demand among Chinese addicts and further solved the chronic imbalanced trade. As the Opium War broke out with Britain‚ China was no longer on the top of the world. The Celestial Empire not only was forced to be subservient to British trading regulations‚ but also somewhat became

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    waterborne illnesses. The East India Company was most famous for trading and exporting tea; it had a monopoly in the tea business. This monopoly and power led to the crumble of one of the greatest civilization of China.‚ this was because of the trade of opium. Political: China was a really strong civilization at the time; it was completely

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    The Opium Wars The Opium Trade During the Qing dynasty in China‚ the Qing government was not very fond of trade or any kind of contact with the outside world. If they found something they didn’t approve of‚ they destroyed it. The isolationism may also have been for religious purposes. The Qing dynasty may not have wanted their people to be exposed to different religions. The only port they allowed for trade was the port at Guangzhou. At this time‚ Britain as facing a problem; they had a high

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    Afghanistan’s illicit drug trade; treading through the mountainous borders of Afghanistan‚ Pakistan and Iran‚ while uncovering a trail of drugs‚ an addicted populace‚ and widespread crime. Afghanistan produced a record opium poppy crop in 2007‚ supplying 93% of the world’s opium. Opium trade has become an increasingly substantial source of revenue for various criminal groups and finances criminal and terrorist activities. Having introduced the topic to you‚ a little about your chair: I am a 12th standard

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    Defining drug trafficking as a global illicit trade involving the cultivation‚ manufacture‚ distribution‚ and sale of substances‚ which are subject to drug prohibition laws Further defining opium as an addictive narcotic drug that is derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy‚ derivatives of opium include paregoric‚ morphine and heroin. Recognising INTERPOL’s role of assistance to its member countries in fighting illicit drug trafficking‚ which is one of the Organisation’s priority crime

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