• Opium licensing is a policy instrument used to counter illegal drug cultivation and production.[not verified in body] It has been used in countries such...
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    Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately...
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    Afghanistan has long had a history of opium poppy cultivation and harvest. As of 2021, Afghanistan's harvest produces more than 90% of illicit heroin...
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  • Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's...
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  • of opium would be limited to Government shops. Fixed salaries were mandated for retailers; sales commissions were abolished. A system of licensing and...
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  • assigned to the Ghazipur factory and 104 to Neemuch. Opium licensing Opium poppy First and Second Opium Wars Company rule in India Pharmaceuticals in India...
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    class of drugs that derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant. Opioids work in the brain to produce a variety of effects,...
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    the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy...
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    ISBN 9789750502712. Jorrit Kamminga, The Political History of Turkey’s Opium Licensing System for the Production of Medicines: Lessons for Afghanistan, SENLIS...
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  • Opium replacement or opium substitution refers to the process of substituting opium poppy cash crops with non-narcotic alternatives. The concept of opium...
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