among acres and acres of Afghan soil. As the wind sway the fields back and forth‚ laying beyond such a beautiful scene are some of the main reasons these fields would be harvested of the very popular substance ripening on the inside of these plants‚ opium. The Poppy is an annual herb native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia. Poppy is cultivated in many other countries including Iran‚ Turkey‚ Holland‚ Poland‚ Romania‚ India‚ Canada‚ and many other central and south American countries. (Simon‚ J
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This caused a war known as the Opium War‚ which was a war between China and Britain. China lost the Opium War because China could not match the technological superiority of the British and was forced to sign a treaty known as the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. The treaty included paying debts British and the opening of ports to foreign trade. Couple of years after the Opium War‚ one of the bloodiest rebellions called the Taiping Rebellion occurred. The
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non-domestic rulers. Opium was also a major reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Opium is a drug found in the Opium Poppy Plant and contains the major ingredient in heroin. The British were in possession of a very potent strain of Opium and illegally sold it to China. This cause most people in China to get addicted to Opium. This was detrimental to Chinese society because since everyone was always high on Opium nothing got done in China. Also when China refused to legally trade Opium with the British
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the plant is ripe the opium is harvested from the poppy. The pods in the opium are cut thinly with a blade and the raw opium is collected. The opium is placed into little tubs and is crushed so that it can be divided. The opium is then placed in to buckets of hot water. The buckets are then stirred with large sticks to remove any dirt like plant leaves or mud. Lime is added to the hot water to get the opium to dissolve and to reach a PH of 12. Following on from this he opium in the bucket containing
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Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy Early history of poppy Opium – Catholicon or Toxin Opium is the dried latex (汁液) obtained from the opium poppy (罂粟)
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characterized by a loss of self-control‚ and that the disease is attributable to the drink‚ not the the drinker. The Christian religion encouraged consumption of alcohol‚ but condemned overindulgence. As the social view on addiction evolved‚ drugs such as opium‚ alcohol‚ nicotine‚ and caffeine‚ still raged in the 17th and 18th
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3 types of drugs that are made from nature Opium poppy Poppy is one of the most important medicinal plants. Traditionally‚ the dry opium was considered an astringent‚ antispasmodic‚ aphrodisiac‚ diaphoretic‚ expectorant‚ hypnotic‚ narcotic‚ and sedative. Poppy has been used against toothaches and coughs. The ability of opium from poppy to serve‚ as an analgesic is well known. Opium and derivatives of opium are used in the pharmaceutical industry as narcotic analgesics‚ hypnotics‚ and sedatives
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The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain‚ silk‚ and tea‚ which were in great demand in the West. (ii) Which nations traded with china in the nineteenth century? list and describe the goods they traded with china Tea and porcelain silk. The Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ Dutch and British wanted to trade in with Chinas luxury goods. Opium was traded to China mainly and Britain was their main key foreign trader. (iii)
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make trade in china creating the start of two extremes of success and unjust. Imperialism in Asia had many effects to both Asia and Europe. Opium‚ extraterritoriality and western influence. China became addicted‚when Europeans could not keep up with the balance of gold and silver demands from China for trade they traded an easier product to produce‚ opium. Opium was easy for europeans to trade‚ they sent it straight from India. For the europeans this new trade was ideal‚ they made
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homes for 1.50. The first American anti-drug law was an 1875 San Francisco ordinance which outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. It was passed because of the fear that Chinese men were luring white women to their "ruin" in opium dens. "Ruin" was defined as associating with Chinese men. It was followed by other similar laws‚ including Federal laws in which trafficking in opium were forbidden to anyone of Chinese origin‚ and restrictions on the importation
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