Pondering Mind
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I am not even sure what opium is will have to google it.
It's an opiate of course derived from the opium poppy. It was legal for a long time, but I didn't know until I read this article that it used to be used in paregoric!
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Opium is a narcotic drug, which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). To harvest opium, the skin of the ripening pods is scored by a sharp blade. The slashes exude a white, milky latex, which dries to a sticky brown material that is scraped off the pods as raw opium. Opium is highly physically addictive and its pharmacological action occurs because it binds to endorphin receptors in the brain. The mechanism of addiction and tolerance results from changes in nervous system receptors in response to the drug.
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Opium/
The fact that they are saying lbs. or kilos makes me think that it may not be pills...IDK.