prepared opium

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• prepared opium — noun : raw opium that has been treated to render it fit for smoking and that contains about eight percent of morphine called also chandu, smoking opium …   Useful english dictionary

• Agreement concerning the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in and Use of Prepared Opium — Infobox Treaty name = Agreement concerning the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in and Use of Prepared Opium long name = image width = caption = type = date drafted = date signed = February 11, 1925 location signed = Geneva date sealed = date… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [ō′pē əm] n. [L < Gr opion < opos, vegetable juice < IE base * s(w)ekwos , plant juice > OProv sackis] 1. a yellow to dark brown, addicting, narcotic drug prepared from the juice of the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy: it… …   English World dictionary

• opium — ► NOUN 1) an addictive drug prepared from the juice of a poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as a painkiller. 2) something that induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek opion poppy juice …   English terms dictionary

• Opium production in Afghanistan — Harvested poppy capsules. Afghanist …   Wikipedia

• Opium den — For other uses, see Opium Den (disambiguation). Two women and a man smoking in an opium den, late 19th century An opium den was an establishment where opium was sold and smoked. Opium dens were prevalent in many parts of the world in the 19th… …   Wikipedia

• Opium Law — The Opium Law (or Opiumwet in Dutch) is the section of the Dutch law which covers nearly all psychotropic drugs. All non psychotropic, but prescription only drugs are covered by the Medicine Act. Contents 1 Origin and history 2 List I drugs 3… …   Wikipedia

• opium — n. 1 a reddish brown heavy scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used in medicine as an analgesic and narcotic. 2 anything regarded as soothing or stupefying. Phrases and idioms: opium den a haunt of opium smokers.… …   Useful english dictionary

• opium — noun 1》 an addictive drug prepared from the juice of a poppy (Papaver somniferum), used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic. 2》 something inducing a false sense of contentment. Origin ME: via L. from Gk opion… …   English new terms dictionary

• smoking opium — noun : prepared opium …   Useful english dictionary