6 sentences with 'opium'
Example sentences and phrases with the word opium and other words derived from it.
• « Opiates - opium, morphine and heroin - come from the opium poppy plant, and act on the central nervous system to produce drowsiness, tranquillity and even euphoria. »
• « In fact, the British East India Company was the largest drug cartel in the history of the world, with the explicit approval of the British government. Most of these drugs consisted of opium exported to China. »
• « In the 1830s, 40 per cent of the total value of India's exports took the form of opium, leading to the outbreak of the first major war between a European power, namely Britain, and the Chinese empire. »
• « In 1840, Chinese officials tried to stop the continued shipments of opium from India and open war broke out between the British East India Company, supported by the British navy, and China. »
• « The Greco-Roman world was undoubtedly familiar with opium, a drug used as a hypnotic. This clarifies the function of the pipe found. Tobacco arrived a few years later and was undoubtedly a lesser evil. »