PPT-Opium

Created By Zack Zahrend Definition A bitter yellowishbrown strongly addictive narcotic drug prepared from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy and containing alkaloids such as . Opium Survey 2013 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY 2013 Islamic Republic of AfghanistanMinistry of Counter Narcotics Alkaloids. Opium Alkaloids. Many alkaloids have been identified in opium latex (opiates) - maybe as many as 50.. Morphine. and . codeine . are the most important. Morphine first alkaloid identified from any plant in 1806 and the pain relieving properties soon recognized. ABBY ROSENSON. How Did the British Become . I. nvolved?. 1781-1793 – Value of all British goods imported into China amount to one sixth of the value of teas exported to Britain.. Late 1700’s – British find opium to be popular among the elites of China.. What is Opium. Comes from collecting and later drying the milky juice that comes from the seed pods of the poppy plant.  . Opium has a very bitter taste and a distinct odor that is easily recognizable (if you know the odor you’re smelling).. Jialin. . Ke. Economic and Social Disorder (1800-1839). Population Pressure. Expansion of agricultural base by early emperors which supported a doubling of the population growth.. Formation of the unemployed and homeless. Psychotropic Substances (NDPS). Act, 1985 and Rules, 1985. INTRODUCTION. The . developments. in science and technology have certainly contributed to . improvised global health care . and the life span of the human beings world wide has seen . Strayer. 877-882. Opening. Japanese textbooks downplay terrors of the “Rape of Nanjing” and Chinese “Comfort Women” in WWII. Weird b/c JPN was always in CHN’s shadow until the 1800s. Both dealt with European imperialism and industrialization differently. th. Century. The Congress of Vienna, 1814-15. Metternich (Austria). Talleyrand (France). Alexander I of Russia. Louis XVIII of France. Netherlands created. Prussia got Rhineland. Switzerland neutral. th. Century. PPT #511. Imperialism and Migration of . Late 19. th. Century. Wages during Industrial Revolution. The Great Migration. Population doubled during 19. th. Century. 188 million in 1800. ‘FREE’ TRADE AND CHINA. In the years leading up to the Opium Wars, . foreign . trade was strictly controlled by the Chinese . using . the . “. Canton System.”. T. he . British ran a . three-country trade system: . Opium Wars. Economics of China Trade. . China did not need western goods. While they did not mind trade with the outside if it brought in wealth. , the Chinese state did . not actively pursue trade as source of wealth. .  . Adalberto Miranda-Filho. 1. , . Michelle C. Turner. 2-4. , David B. Richardson. 1,5. , Bayan Hosseini. 1. , . Farin. Kamangar. 7. , . Akram. Pourshams. 6. , Vikash Sewram. 8. , . Saman. Warnakulasuriya. Opium Dens. An East End Opium Den 1870. For . many, images of the darker side of Victorian London are shaped by the descriptions of writers like Henry Mayhew in the middle decades of the century, or by Blanchard Jerrold and . Dept.of. Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. OPIUM . Dried juice of poppy (papaver somniferum) . Cultvated only under licence. Upto 1 metre in length. Plant bears 5-8 capsules. Flowers white. Poppy seeds-khaskhas-white harmless demulsent used as food.