First Opium War

what the meaning of “is” is. This points out the importance of definition. First we need to define terms. Employees should include whom? Should we include subordinates, mangers, administrators, clerical, manual workers, and support staff? Should we include individual “owner:” sole proprietors and owners who own stock, etc?…

drugs in our society. Heroin is the illegal opiate drug made from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The plant flourishes in dry warm climates; the vast majority of the opium poppies are grown in Central Asia with Afghanistan being the largest exporter producing up to 82% of the world 's supply. Heroin, also known as Diamorphine, is one of a group of drugs called opiates; a substance derived from opium. Opium is…

The sources this proposed research preliminarily scoped can be classified into four parts, whereas the catalog will be supplemented and modified with the further process of research. First, in order to investigate the supply side of the opium commerce and the macroscopic background of colonial Hong Kong, the official governmental documents and archives will be consulted in this research. The preliminary list for this category contains: (1) The Historical and Statistical Abstract of the…

Hypnotherapy and Opium Addiction Treatment Sylvie Bridgman PNUR 4585 November 12th, 2015 Mebs Karim Hypnotherapy and Opium Addiction Treatment The focus of this paper is to understand and potentially implement findings from a study which centered on the use of hypnotherapy in treating opium addiction into my own nursing practice. I will begin by providing a summary of the article and it 's findings and then move onto how I could integrate these findings into my own practice, and whether I…

History of Coca-Cola Coca Cola was first found back in 1886 by a person name John Pemberton (pharmacist). During the American Civil War, Many have addicted to morphine. So John decided to start a quest to find a substitute for the problematic drug. Ever since, *Coke = Coca-Cola was born there is no name for it. The word “Coca-Cola” was invented by Frank Mason Robinson ( John.P Accountant ).John Pemberton claimed that Coke could cured many diseases such as : morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve…

Introduction: Sildenafil Citrate (API) is more commonly known by its trade name, Viagra. The drug was discovered by Pfizer. It is used to treat penile dysfunction in men. The drug was firstly created in the 1990’s and was to be used as a treatment for high blood pressure, angina and chest pain. During Trials it was discovered that the drug had insignificant effect on angina. In turn an unexpected side-effect was discovered. The drug gave men a penile erection and sustained it for a period of…

Chinese history is a complex and multifaceted loop of interrelated political, social and economic change, ultimately leading to the current rise of Modern China in the 21st century. The present century has been characterized by the Australian Government as the “Asian Century” due to the nation’s global economic prevalence. Considering the long term trends, this can be attributed to the countries erratic political transformations; principally the economic consequences of the nation’s Imperial…

Drugs are categorised into the following main groups: Depressants,Opiates and Opioids, stimulants and hallucinogens. Heroin is a depressant and is derived from the opium poppy, putting it in the opiate and opioids group. In the late 1800’s it was considered a less addictive and more affective drug than morphine and was used in treating the symptoms of respiratory discomfort and infection due to its sedative and slowing effects. Not only was it praised amongst the medical personnel at this time,…

2). HEROIN: Heroin is formed by conversion of morphine which does not require complex equipmentation but more elaborate chemical operation under which morphine is refluxed with acetic anhydride for about 5 hours results into the formation of Diacetyl morphine, i.e., heroin. It is seperated when the solution gets neutralize with sodium carbonate or washing soda in which heroin gets separated as a precipitate. It is collected and purified by treating it with hydrochloric acid by which Heroin…

society, so it is definitely necessary that a full point of view is apparent. From the very beginning of human history, drugs have been used for medicine and recreation, some of these recreational uses have been good while others have been lethal. The first known use of drugs comes from the time of the Sumerians around the year 5000 BC. Thousands…