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Today, other drugs have replaced opium for most medical uses.opium = a powerful narcotic
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The illegal trade of opium has been a major source of conflict in some regions.
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Whenever we could, we would steal away from Avilion and roam the town, despite Reenie's belief that the world was full of criminals and anarchists and sinister Orientals with opium pipes, thin moustaches like twisted rope and long pointed fingernails, and dope fiends and white slavers, waiting to snatch us away and hold us to ransom for Father's money.† (source)
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I saw Second Wife koutou to First Wife, bowing with deep respect while offering her more opium.† (source)
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In the house on Desert End Road, which had the super-expensive cable television package my mother would never let us get, he drew the blinds against the glare and sat smoking in front of the television, glassy as an opium addict, watching ESPN with the sound off, no sport in particular, anything and everything that came on: cricket, jai alai, badminton, croquet.† (source)
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The dining area had a darkened, opium-den ambience, in contrast to other Chinese restaurants in the city.† (source)
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As he watched, Rat said, it made him think of some weird opium dream.† (source)opium = a powerful narcotic
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I meant to swallow the tablets and drink the opium as soon as the Germans tried to open my door.† (source)
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He went on to impress us with his knowledge of the opium-growing regions of the world.† (source)
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The doctor gave him some opium, but the pain seemed to reach him right through it.† (source)
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Perhaps the opium had gone bad—perhaps she'd smoked too much this time.† (source)
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There was relief all around, but soon the thread had been overtaken by a multi-participant debate about the efficacy of that war, U.S. foreign policy in general, whether or not we won in Vietnam or Grenada or even WWI, and the ability of the Afghans to self-govern, and the opium trade financing the insurgents, and the possibility of legalization of any and all illicit drugs in America and Europe.† (source)
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She takes two matchhead-sized portions of opium flakes with a pinch of tobacco and drops the mix into the hookah's bowl.† (source)
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They import raw opium in the sugar packets.† (source)
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He came with a plastic pouch containing tobacco opium, which looks like green bread dough.† (source)
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Well, damn few of us did, even during the Opium Wars.† (source)
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