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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

How was opium discovered?


How was opium discovered?

Opium is a substance, made from poppy seeds, which has been in use for more than 5000 years, to relieve pain and help people sleep. Some of the earliest known writing s including the clay tablets from Assyria of BC 3000 refer to its medicinal properties. Since then, it has been used to make medicines like morphine, discovered by German chemist F.W.A Serturner in 1806. morphine is still one of the most potent pain killers available.

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