• 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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    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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    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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    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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    Poppy tea (redirect from Opium tea)
    is Papaver somniferum, which produces opium as a natural defense against predators. In the live flower, opium is released when the surface of the bulb...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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