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Opium comes from a poppy plant grown in Mesopotamia as early as 3400 BC. In 460 BC Hippocrates, "the father of medicine," said opium was useful in treating pain for some internal diseases.
Opium continued to spread from country to country destroyed many lives along the way. In 1330 AD it all but disappeared for over 200 years. In 1729 the Chinese Emperor outlawed the sale and use of opium. 1799 the Emperor outlawed the cultivation of poppy plants and declared use of opium illegal.
In 1827 the Merck Drug Company began to make morphine a drug to control pain from the poppy seed. Since then the use of morphine as a medication for pain management.
In 1909 the United States passed a law prohibiting opium and in 1910 the British stopped the India-China opium trade. Since 1923 all illegal drugs and narcotic sales including making of these drugs is illegal.
Opium continued to spread from country to country destroyed many lives along the way. In 1330 AD it all but disappeared for over 200 years. In 1729 the Chinese Emperor outlawed the sale and use of opium. 1799 the Emperor outlawed the cultivation of poppy plants and declared use of opium illegal.
In 1827 the Merck Drug Company began to make morphine a drug to control pain from the poppy seed. Since then the use of morphine as a medication for pain management.
In 1909 the United States passed a law prohibiting opium and in 1910 the British stopped the India-China opium trade. Since 1923 all illegal drugs and narcotic sales including making of these drugs is illegal.
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