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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in the works since the beginning of drug use in America. One of the earliest forms of drug abuse in the United States was with opium. Opium was seen as a resource for pain relief. European explorers and settlers brought crude opium or dissolved opium extract to North America. Many people‚ including one of our great nation’s forefathers‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ used opium as
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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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would buy in large quantities. Eventually‚ the British East India company discovered such a product - opium. Opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. The Chinese government tried to stop the opium trade by appealing to British royalty. When those pleas went unanswered‚ the quarrel
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ruler and people. The response to the West However‚ the Opium War from 1839 to 1842 occurred earlier than these domestic rebellions‚ which happened after 1850. Thus first we should review how Ch’ing China responded to the threat from the West. Basically we can perhaps divide this into two stages to consider‚ the first being the Opium War (the First Anglo-Chinese War of 1839-1842)2 and the second the Arrow War (the Second Opium War or the War of Anglo-French Allies against China in 1856-1860)
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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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In his mission‚ Macartney was brought the finest product of the British industry‚ hoping that the Chinese will recognize‚ that the industry is inferior to the British‚ and realize the benefits of trading with them (firearms‚ cart‚ hot air balloon‚ and clocks). Unfortunately‚ none of the goals was achieved by Macartney‚ the Chinese viewed of these as gifts for their emperor‚ and the Confucian bureaucracy didn’t realize the value of the steam power‚ the public schools or the capital assets. The Chinese
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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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