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Opium
What is opium?
Opium is a depressant drug, which means it slows down the messages traveling between your brain and body. The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) from which opium is derived is one of the earliest plants of which there is recorded medicinal use. Evidence of opium cultivation by the Sumerian people dates to 3400BCE, although some scholars believe opium use predates Sumerian culture.
Opium poppy pods hold a milky substance called latex that contains a number of chemicals, including morphine and codeine. Latex is extracted from the opium pods and dried to create opium. Typically, it is be further refined by boiling and drying again.
What does it look like?
Opium is a sticky dark-brown gum with a strong odour. It can also be manufactured into a liquid or powder.
Slang names
Aunti, Aunti Emma, Big O, O, Black pill, Chandu, Chinese Molasses, Dopium, Dream Gun, Fi-Do-Nie, Gee, Guma, Midnight Oil, Zero.
and as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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