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Here I learned from Health Education from College.

  • Opium

    Picture   Opium (Opiate) has a milky latex fluid with seed pod of the opium poppy. They can be found in Myanmar (Burma) and Afghanistan, only can grow in one season. That case, the fluid can spread into the air, change into firmly black powder. It also have a other names for Opium; Skee, Joy plant, Pen Yan and etc.  
    •   This can be used for smoking, eating or injecting him/herself in drug abuse. They used them for smoke by rolled the paper with the powder in it, put it in their mouth and lighted them like a cigarette. For eating them is have to open them and eat them a raw seed of 35 g from Opium (Opiate). Using a powder with syringe to inject themselves into their bodies, could become a violent and withdrawal as same reactions when they smoked, eaten them.


Three different groups of opium



Opium
  • Opiates:containing with morphine, codeine and thebaine.
  • Opiate Derivatives: actually heroine that incorporating with other drugs:morphine, codeine and the thebaine.
  • Synthetic Opiates(opiate-drug alike): they are not relate to both groups, opiate derivatives and opiates. They are behaviorally indistinguishable on effect of opium.

Within the Opium

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  • Opium can be a liquid, solid or powder.
  •  narcotic drug from opium poppy seed (papaver somniferum).
  • Seed can be open and weeps out and dries on outer surface of the seed.
  • It has alkaloid contains with four drugs: morphine, codeine, thebaine and papaverine. 

Addiction

  • Opium (Opiate) has a milky latex fluid with seed pod of the opium poppy. They can be found in Myanmar (Burma) and Afghanistan, only can grow in one season. That case, the fluid can spread into the air, change into firmly black powder. It also have a other names for Opium; Skee, Joy plant, Pen Yan.  
    •   This can be used for smoking, eating or injecting him/herself in drug abuse. They used them for smoke by rolled the paper with the powder in it, put it in their mouth and lighted them like a cigarette. For eating them is have to open them and eat them a raw seed of 35 g from Opium (Opiate). Using a powder with syringe to inject themselves into their bodies, could become a violent and withdrawal as same reactions when they smoked, eaten them.
      • Opium (Opiate) has a milky latex fluid with seed pod of the opium poppy. They can be found in Myanmar (Burma) and Afghanistan, only can grow in one season. That case, the fluid can spread into the air, change into firmly black powder. It also have a other names for Opium; Skee, Joy plant, Pen Yan.  
      •   This can be used for smoking, eating or injecting him/herself in drug abuse. They used them for smoke by rolled the paper with the powder in it, put it in their mouth and lighted them like a cigarette. For eating them is have to open them and eat them a raw seed of 35 g from Opium (Opiate). Using a powder with syringe to inject themselves into their bodies, could become a violent and withdrawal as same reactions when they smoked, eaten them.

Reduce & Dependable

  • In Fall 1981, Not only the opium can control the pain, they can reduced to dependable, withdrawal to the opium drug. Possibility of 19-42 years old had been in drug abusing for several years, half of possibility are men. Opium have a other drugs within them like a pervitin, marihuana and others altogether could causes a ill of  relaxation, hallucination, central stimulation. Some can mixed the opium with other drugs seem dangerous to their health. “Health troubles had majority of the users. Combinations of natural opium with other drugs (alcohol, marihuana, pervitin), declared 45% respondents, the effects of the combinations admitted one third of users” Klusonva, Vlkova, Visnovsky. Natural Opium as one of the Possibilities for Drug Abusers. Dec, 2005. 

Overdose effects

  • Slow breathing
  • Seizures
  • Dizziness
  • Weakness
  • Loss of Consciousness
  • Coma
  • Possible death


How that opium work

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Receptor from using a opium


Opium is like a heroin, but it has 3 different of the receptors: mu, delta and kappa  (after the Greek alphabet), but those are just names. They only cause to the brain's nerves and emotion (limbic system) to relax, pleasure and contentment. Receptor can take over the Brainstem to be slow breathing, stop the coughing and less the pain.
The opium also can transmits sensations to stop the pain and the injuries.  




ARTICLE

Adam Coomb

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  • Adam Coomb lived in Manali, Himalayan Hill town, he brought it from local market stall while walking with his friend, Ross Taylor. Later, he left his son for Birmingham Yardley, that he helped to launched Prospect magazine, however he eaten the opium drug, later, he complained that his stomach was in pain, the next day, Taylor tried to wake him up, oddly he didn’t moved so in the end, they pronounced him dead by overdosed. Adam was planning to study philosophy at Manchester University, didn’t get that chance at all.  “Recording a verdict of death by accidental overdose, Michael Johnson, the coroner for West Dorset, said the teenager’s death was ‘every parent’s nightmare’” The Daily Telegraph. London (UK), Apr 29, 2011. Pg13.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7823065/Teenage-son-of-former-Tory-MP-dies-of-suspected-opium-overdose-on-hippy-trail.html

Justin Mackenzie Powers

Justin Mackenzie Powers got a eight years in prison for murdered and felony drug misconduct which he brought a opium and other drugs to Alexandria S. Anderson, she died of overdoses. He is charged for murder with illegal drug including opium, and the superior judge, Dougla seem agrees with reasonable for Justin’s fentanyl, also he he sentenced him for six years of suspension and three years of probation if he do it again during release. He said that he was dealing with drug dealer for twenty-seven of patches and gave Alexandria a some of half patches then she died from taking that opium drug. He was pleades a guilty and took a responsibility of her death, he was very cooperative in investigation and planning to tell every students in the high school about the opium drug in future.

I think he is good man because he cooperate with investigators and saying that he is at fault of her death. What I think of him is telling a truth, yet compare to drug dealer, he haven’t step forward since incident happened. So my thought of investigators are concluded the old drug dealer is hiding himself from his involved with Justin.

Last year, he was sentences by a Judge, ninety-nine years for a life of prison without bail for his felony crimes as two things: attempt murder and supply the drugs. Other crimes he was charged were 20 years each. When he was caught, also told that he paid the drug dealer for one-hundred or one-hundred and fifty dollars. He has twi crimes of assault and theft, however no felony crime until it is now.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Man-gets-8-years-for-supplying-fatal-drug-doses-2175764.php

O'hare Wicker Basket 

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I found the News reports that people may addicted to opium. “O’Hare customs dog finds opium in wicker baskets” by Staff report. In the airport, cop dogs sniffing around, found the nine opiums that hidden in the wicker baskets and they leading to Minnesota from Laos, O’ Hare International Airport. Polices also found other two of opiums in facility, the opiums were in different baskets from wicker basket; Handy crafts and sticky rice baskets are contains with opiums while along with Minnesota. They seem giving to someone in Minnesota so police will investigating them. Police will go to Minnesota for investigating so they can find out what is going on over there, suspect may can be arrest and be charge for trading the illegal drug, Opium. So far, I searched on the google, i find nothing related about this news report. I guess they are still working on that in three or five years then I will find them after that. Anyone wondering that why would they put the illegal drugs in the wicker baskets, even though, they knew about securities were working in the airport at Laos? I readied many comments on that news, that really comedy.

http://articles.chicagobreakingnews.com/2011-02-09/news/28533361_1_opium-baskets-customs-officer

Calif. police close in on opium farmer wanted for two murders, fled after shootout in redwood forest

   Aaron Bassler stole the rifle from the storage and murdered two managers in same company of Greenhouse that containing with opium in California. Many law enforcers came to one place in CA., to catch Aaron while he on the run. Aaron seem to be armed. SWAT found him, was ordered to not shoot him, but Aaron was walking toward SWAT, then they shot him. They only found out that Aaron is mentally ill and isolating himself since teenager, he used to grow the marijuana and illegal drugs for himself since his teenager time. he had been taking them for many, many years and it happened to his addicted himself. Blasser’s family said he was once happy teenager, he was used to play the baseball, and job delivering newspapers, later at 18 or 19 age, he was suffering with the schizophrenia. He have nine brushes with the police when he was under the probation for driving with influence with drugs.

During his teen age, he was given by James Bassler’s (Aaron’s father) drug influences, his behavior was suddenly changed into violent and crazy. He was charged with the multiple crimes:prowling, candalism, carrying a conceal Glock pistol and resiting arrests, which it according to court records. He could not find a job for many years while he was on the drug. Few weeks, his behavior is getting a insane, he built the house and inside of the house, he carved a alien, a child picture into it walls. He threw the packages that contained with alien among fake bombs over the fence of the Chinese consulate in early 2009. Now He was under the federal probation and labeled himself as mentally. He was need to go to counseling to be a treated for mental illness. After his probation ended, they think his behavior would be improve, but he was way too beyond his help, his daughter sent the letters to the court, jail, sheriff’s and county for a warning of Aaron’s behavior will put his family in danger. They put him back into the treatment, after he was released from the jail, he was moved in the roommate’s house in the wood when he murdered Melo, he used to work. They weren't surprised that he murdered his roommate with the gun then murdered another manager that used to work in greenhouse so Aaron went to rampaged around so SWAT was under the order to not shoot, but they were scared that Aaron would shoot at them with safely off. They disobeyed the order of the higher up and then shot him on the road, one of SWAT looked at his gun in his hand, it is off-safety which mean, Aaron willing to shoot the SWAT.

 Now Blasser’s family moaned and wept at his death. The drugs messed his head and controlled him that way.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-10-01/news/30247937_1_redwoods-property-manager-reuters

Methadone clinic dismissed from Granju wrongful death suit

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Katie Granju, a mother of Henry, who fought for justice for her son.

“Methadone clinic dismissed from Granju wrongful death suit” by Jamie Satterfield. Katie Granju sued the Methadone clinic for wrongful death of her son, Henry Granju that Katie was claimed her son gave a opium for painkiller by doctor, otherwise clinic declined her claims and demanded her drop the claims and Judge prevented her for pursing the clinic in future. She still pursing them by inviting and interview with media about the clinic is responsible for her son’s death with opium overdose. She already made her own parenting blog about her son’s death,  still dealing with the court and seem looking for a justice of her son, Henry. However, my mind just popped up a question: why her son gone to Methadone Clinic? That clinic is only sell the drugs for everyone who addict to. Strange is it? A year later, cops already arrested three employers from Methadone clinic for Henry’s death and her served the justice. Therefore, she continuing to write her blog for her followers.
Satterfield, Jamie-”Methadone clinic dismissed from Granju wrongful death suit”. Monday, September 19, 2011. Knoxnews.

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Henry Granju, he died from overdosed of opium.

Few Treatment Options for Afghans as Drug Use Rises

“Few Treatment Options for Afghans as Drug Use Rises” by Alissa J. Rubin. Doctor selling the drugs including opium to bait the drug patients so they can help them to stop the HIV from spreading in Afghanistan, they proved that HIV is only cause by Heroin so that drugs only costs for $3.50 to get bait every drug customers. Amazing, but foolish thing to do, otherwise we all know the illegal drugs are the worst murderous chemicals to the entire population. They say that they can’t force their drug patients out of their house so they tricked them to be treat in health condition by the doctors, however a new incident appeared that AIDS is spreading them by sharing the syringe on every patients. Now, they have to do something with AIDS. Anyway, they have seventy percents of drug patients got a AIDS which thats worst than HIV, now doctors are focusing on the AIDS problem. And more bad news is HIV can transmitted by sexual contact throughout Afghanistan, both of HIV and AIDS are facing the worst threats in Afghanistan. Government runs many centers, seven building to find a cure the AIDS and HIV, but knowing they can not cure them, but only way to stop is do not use the drugs and don’t give a inject unless if it wash properly. Now nurses and social workers from French group Medecins du Monde (doctors of the world) are walking through a bad timing with the whole situation of HIV and AIDS. Doctor said to media that they should stop using the injection unless drug addicts will stop using the illegal drugs. According to the United Nations Office, they said that over nine hundred thousand drug addicts got a AID in last year, but now its increased today so many doctors from Ministry of Public Health joined to help to prevent the AIDS from spreading in Afghanistan. The future of hope for Afghan drug addicts, they will wake up from their addiction and need some help. The real problem that drug addicts family taught their kids for many years, like many years of generations in tradition. Mostly they using their own political with the drugs to protest the doctors so that why, they were taking a baits.
 Rubin, J. Alissa-”Few Treatment Options for Afghans as Drug Use Rises”. August 27, 2011.  The News York Times.


Video
They explaining what happen in Afghanistan war with drugs. I hope it help.
The southern outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The major exit and entry routes to the city are all blocked to stop insurgents and drug smugglers. Beyond here, government rule ends. A handful of Afghan counter-narcotics police are trying to stem the flow of opium and heroin that last year accounted for 93% of the world's heroin production. But their efforts amount to little more than a speed bump on the heroin highway.

00:00:00 - 00:01:40 - Drug smuggling checkpoint on outskirts of Kabul
00:01:53 - 00:02:22 - William "Chemical Bill" Wood (US ambassador to Afghanistan) interview
00:02:55 - 00:03:37 - Archive opium plants being destroyed
00:05:11 - 00:05:30 - Archive destroying crops in columbia from the air
00:06:45 - 00:07:15 - Professor Wadir Hafizi interview

SBS
Produced June 1997
Thanks to his crop, his family can eat for another year. The Taliban regime takes a hefty 10% from the profits of the crop. But Minister for Drug Control, Najibullah Shams, shows us Taliban's anti-drugs propaganda. Is the Taliban really cleaning up its act, or is it just a cover-up?

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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