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Opium

Opium. By: Tracy Williams. What is Opium. Papaver Somniferum Poppy Seed Chemical Compound Sugars, proteins, fats, water, meconic acid, plant wax, latex, gums, ammonia, sulphuric and lactic acid, numerious alkaloids. Morphine Codeine . Poppy Seed to Opium. Ripening Poppy Seed

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Opium

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  1. Opium By: Tracy Williams

  2. What is Opium • Papaver Somniferum • Poppy Seed • Chemical Compound • Sugars, proteins, fats, water, meconic acid, plant wax, latex, gums, ammonia, sulphuric and lactic acid, numerious alkaloids. • Morphine • Codeine

  3. Poppy Seed to Opium • Ripening Poppy Seed • White, milky latex inside • Dried brown resin • Raw Opium

  4. How to take Opium • Morphine, Codeine, Heronie(morphine + acetic acid) • Pill form • Drink - Tincture of Opium • Opium + Ethyl Alcohol • Smoked • Placed in pipe • Heated • Inhale vaporized morphine • Opium Video

  5. Uses of Opium • Narcotic • Painkiller • Treat Diarrhea • “Feel Good” Drug • Doesn’t impair sensory perception, the intellect, or motor co-ordination.

  6. Possible Side-effects • Lightheadedness • Dizziness • Drowsiness • Nausea/vomitting • Blurred vision/decreased ability to see in dark • Tremor • Mood/mental changes • Rapid heart rate • Addiction

  7. History • 4,000 BC • Greek Physicians • Sacred Anchor of Life, Milk of Paradise, the Hand of God, Destroyer of Pain • Chronic headaches, coughs, urinary complaints, jaundice, and many more. • 1st anti-depressant • Poppy Tea served in Middle East • “Ritalin”

  8. History (cont.) • 1757 British East India Company Monopoly • Opium Wars • “Opium Dens” • Restrictions on Opium • 1875 CA Ordinance banned smoking in Opium Dens • The Opium Exclusion Act of 1909 • Harrison Narcotics Tax Act or 1914 • Many regulations today • Pharmaceutical use strictly controlled • Non-pharmaceutical uses prohibited

  9. Street Names • Ah-pen-yen • Aunti • Aunti Emmaa • Big O • Chinese Molasses • Chines tobacco • Dopium • Dover’s deck • Dover’s powder • Dream gun • Dream stick • Dreams • Easing powder • Fi-do-nie • Gee • God’s medicine • Gondola • Goric

  10. Great tobacco Guma Hops/hop Joy Plant Midnight oil Mira O O.P Pen yan Pin gon Pin yen Pox Skee Toxy Toys When-shee Ze Zero Street Names (cont)

  11. References Drug Facts, Office of National Drug Control Policy. 6 April 2005. Street Terms: Drugs and Drug Trade. March 13, 2007. <www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms>. Pharmancy Health. 2003. Opium Drug Information. 13 March 2007. <www.pharmacyhealth.net/d/opium-424.htm>. Schaffer Libarary of Drug Policy. Effects of opium, morphine, and heroin on addicts. 13 March 2007. <www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/herion/opiates.htm>. Wikeipedia.com. 12 March 2007. Opium. 13 March 2007. <www.wikipedia.com>. The Plant of Joy. 13 March 2007. <www.opiates.net>.

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