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  2. File:Field of opium.jpg - Wikipedia

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  3. Golden Crescent - Wikipedia

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    At the peak of its opium production in 2007, the Golden Crescent produced more than 8,000 of the world's almost 9,000 total tons of opium, a near monopoly. [6] The Golden Crescent also dominates the cannabis resin market due to the high resin yields of the region (145 kg/ha), four times more than Morocco (36 kg/ha). [ 7 ]

  4. Opium - Wikipedia

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    Worldwide production in 2006 was 6610 tonnes [108] —about one-fifth the level of production in 1906; since then, opium production has fallen. [citation needed] In 2002, the price for one kilogram of opium was US$300 for the farmer, US$800 for purchasers in Afghanistan, and US$16,000 on the streets of Europe before conversion into heroin. [109]

  5. Category:Opium by country - Wikipedia

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    Opium production in Myanmar This page was last edited on 31 July 2020, at 08:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ...

  6. Poppy straw - Wikipedia

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    The 2007 production consisted of 8,870 metric tons (8,730 long tons) of illegal opium, 3,420 metric tons (3,370 long tons) of opium equivalent from legal poppy straw, and 300 metric tons (300 long tons) of legal opium. [5] Thus, over 90% of the world production of legal opiates, including medical morphine, now is produced from poppy straw.

  7. Show globe - Wikipedia

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    A show globe is a glass vessel of various shapes and sizes containing a colorful liquid. [1] It has been a symbol of pharmacy from the 17th century England to the early 20th century in the United States. It marked the drugstore or apothecary in much the same way as the barber's pole marked tonsorial

  8. Godfrey's Cordial - Wikipedia

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    Godfrey's Cordial was a patent medicine, containing laudanum (tincture of opium) in a sweet syrup, which was commonly used as a sedative to quiet infants and children in Victorian England. [1] Used mostly by mothers working in agricultural groups or industry, [ 2 ] it ensured that she could work the maximum hours of her employment, without ...

  9. Papaver somniferum - Wikipedia

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    Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy [2] or breadseed poppy, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens.