Opiates are all made of the opium milk from poppy plants. Opium has been used for its medicinal and recreational reasons for thousands of years. The earliest reference of opium growth and use was in 3400 B.C. in Mesopotamia. The most active part of opium is morphine, a highly addictive, highly effective painkiller.
A german chemist, Friedrich Serturner, discovered morphine( the main ingredient in opium) in 1805. It started off being extracted as pure opium and England was dependent on its use recreationally in their economy. Opium was transported constantly to China in the 1830’s which boosted England’s economy greatly but it was destroying China because of addiction. This then caused the “Opium Wars” which lasted between 1839-1842 where
A german chemist, Friedrich Serturner, discovered morphine( the main ingredient in opium) in 1805. It started off being extracted as pure opium and England was dependent on its use recreationally in their economy. Opium was transported constantly to China in the 1830’s which boosted England’s economy greatly but it was destroying China because of addiction. This then caused the “Opium Wars” which lasted between 1839-1842 where