importation of opium

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• Opium Wars — Opium War redirects here. For other uses, see Opium War (disambiguation). Opium Wars Combat at Guangzhou (Canton) during the Second Opium War …   Wikipedia

• OPIUM — Drogue narcotique, traditionnellement classée parmi les stupéfiants (euphorica de Lewin, psychodysleptiques de Delay et Deniker), extraite du pavot (Papaver somniferum ). Le fruit de cette plante est une capsule ovoïde qui exsude, après incision …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer …   Wikipedia

• Opium and Romanticism — Readers of Romantic poetry usually come into contact with literary criticisms about the influence of opium on its works. Whether or not opium had a direct effect is still up for debate, however the literary criticisms that have emerged throughout …   Wikipedia

• Opium — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Opium (homonymie). Les principales zones de production d opium. L’opium est une préparation psychotrope obtenue à partir du latex du …   Wikipédia en Français

• opium — /oh pee euhm/, n. 1. the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or …   Universalium

• Opium Wars — Two trading wars of the mid 19th century in China. The first (1839–42 was between China and Britain, and the second (1856–60; also called the Arrow War or Anglo French War) was between China and a British French alliance. Trade developed between… …   Universalium

• opium trade — ▪ British and Chinese history       in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western nations, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits… …   Universalium

• Opium — An addictive narcotic drug derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy. Preparations of opium were called laudanum. Derivatives of laudanum include paregoric (a drug to treat diarrhea), morphine and heroin. For centuries, opium was used… …   Medical dictionary

• First Opium War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Opium War partof=the Opium Wars caption= date=1839–1842 place=China casus=Various economic and political disputes territory=Hong Kong ceded to United Kingdom result=Decisive British victory; Treaty of… …   Wikipedia

• Guerre de l'opium (1840-1842) — Première guerre de l opium Première guerre de l opium Info …   Wikipédia en Français