The Opium Law (Opiumwet in Dutch) is the section of the Dutch law which covers nearly all psychotropic drugs. In 1912, the First International Opium Conference...
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Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately...
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An opium den was an establishment in which opium was sold and smoked. Opium dens were prevalent in many parts of the world in the 19th century, most notably...
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Papaver somniferum (redirect from Opium Poppy)
the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy...
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Drug prohibition (redirect from Drug law)
The laws targeted opium smoking, but not other methods of ingestion. Britain passed the All-India Opium Act of 1878, which limited recreational opium sales...
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opium trade. Today, the Thai side of the river confluence, Sop Ruak, has become a tourist attraction, with the House of Opium Museum, a Hall of Opium...
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Laudanum (redirect from Opium tincture)
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). Laudanum is prepared by dissolving...
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Afghanistan has long had a history of opium poppy cultivation and harvest. As of 2021, Afghanistan's harvest produces more than 90% of illicit heroin...
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history of opium in China began with the use of opium for medicinal purposes during the 7th century. In the 17th century the practice of mixing opium with tobacco...
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Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (redirect from Harrison Narcotic Law)
forty-six states had regulations on cocaine and twenty-nine states had laws against opium, morphine, and heroin. In the 1800s opiates were mostly unregulated...
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Drug policy of the Netherlands (redirect from Drug laws in the Netherlands)
and trade of non-medicinal drugs described by the Opium Law are all technically illegal under Dutch law, official policy since the late 20th century has...
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The Opium Wars (simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Yāpiàn zhànzhēng) were two conflicts waged between China and Western powers...
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The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought...
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the same category as cocaine, as both are List I drugs of the Opium Law. The Opium Law specifically mentions the leaves of the plants of the genus Erythroxylon...
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containing less than 20 mg of temazepam, are all placed on List 2 of the Opium Law. A prescription is needed for possession of all benzodiazepines. Temazepam...
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International Opium Convention refers either to the first International Opium Convention signed at The Hague in 1912, or to the second International Opium Convention...
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International Opium Convention. Hampden Coit DuBose, American missionary Reinsch, Paul S. (1910). "Diplomatic Affairs and International Law, 19091". American...
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of the Opium Law, while formulations containing 20 mg or more of the drug (along with the gel-capsules) are a List 1 substance of the Opium Law, thus subject...
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Opium in Iran is widely available, and the country has been estimated to have the highest per capita number of opioid addicts in the world at a rate of...
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Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In the Netherlands it is a List 1 drug of the Opium Law. Rob Ford, the 64th mayor of Toronto, was filmed smoking crack while he...
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scheduling of barbiturates as controlled drugs. In the Netherlands, the Opium Law classifies all barbiturates as List II drugs, with the exception of secobarbital...
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is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the opium poppy; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects...
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Morphine (section Biosynthesis in the opium poppy)
morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). It is mainly...
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Act (1968). In the Netherlands, alprazolam is a List 2 substance of the Opium Law and is available for prescription.[citation needed] In Germany, alprazolam...
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Effective 28 October 2021, 3-MMC has been scheduled under the Dutch Opium Law and is therefore illegal in the Netherlands. 3-MMC was given narcotic...
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Legal status of cocaine (redirect from Cocaine Laws)
necessary to distinguish cocaine from coca leaves or the plant itself. "Law 23737". 2021-07-24. "Poisons Standard October 2015". Archived from the original...
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Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act (redirect from Opium Exclusion Act)
smoke opium outside of opium dens. It did not ban the sale, import or use otherwise. In the next 25 years, different states enacted opium laws ranging...
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July 9, 1997. In the Netherlands, 2C-B became a list I substance of the Opium Law despite no health incidents occurring. Following the ban, other phenethylamines...
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Drugs Act 1971. In the Netherlands, fentanyl is a List I substance of the Opium Law. In the U.S., fentanyl is a Schedule II controlled substance per the Controlled...
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