Translation for '
opium' from English to Russian
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- Shan State has a vast share of opium production and in 1974, it produced a third of illegal opium in the world.
- Opium replacement or opium substitution refers to the process of substituting opium poppy cash crops with non-narcotic alternatives.
- Article II prohibited minors under the age of 21 from smoking opium or entering smoking establishments, and mandated prison sentences for inducing minors to smoke opium, to enter an opium-smoking establishment, or to procure opium.
- Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).
- Kerr played a crucial role in condemning opium abuse in Canton.
- Speeches were given by officials and some of the native clergy and medical staff were called upon to discuss the negatives of opium smoking and the successful efforts made at the Opium Refuge.
- In the early 19th century many Marwari merchants settled in Calcutta. Opium soon became a major commodity.
- The sailors used to consume opium and alcohol, because in the nineteenth century, opium is legally consumed. Passersby could smell opium when near the Sailor's home.
- Exactly when the world became aware of opium in India and China is uncertain, but opium was mentioned in the Chinese medical work "K'ai-pao-pen-tsdo" (973 AD) By 1590 AD, opium poppies were a staple spring crop in the Subahs of Agra region.
- The curator of the museum also studied the history of the opium smoking, resulting in a book on opium and opium pipes with a full international bibliography on the subject.
- The Royal Commission on Opium was a British Royal Commission that investigated the opium trade in British India in 1893–1895, particularly focusing on the medical impacts of opium consumption within India.
- Opium addicts registered with the State Governments are supplied prescription opium by the Governments as part of deaddiction.
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