mar 1, 2500 BC - Opium

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Opium the oldest known seeds were found in the mediterranean from the neolithic age opium was one of the original reliabel drugs used for pain relief, sleep,. Today it is used all over the world it is cultivated by the poppy plant you derive 20 different alkaloids the two most important ones are morphine and codeine which heroin is derived from. During (1839-1842)and (1856-1860) the two opium wars took place between britain and china in which china lost.

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