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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 as Turkey and India to curb illegal opium production.[not verified in body] The main mechanism used under opium licensing is a shift from cultivation and/or production for the illegal market towards legal uses such as the production of essential medicines such as morphine and codeine.

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Opium licensing

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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

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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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Opium production in Afghanistan

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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 opium production in India

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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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Agreement for the Control of Opium Smoking in the Far East

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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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Tong Kee

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actually paid) to the king in order to secure the grant of a license to import and sell opium in the islands. Through multiple trips, the large sums of cash...

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Opium and Alkaloid Works

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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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Papaver somniferum

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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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Opioid

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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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Opium replacement

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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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Afghan morphine

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international counter-narcotics eradication policies in Afghanistan. Licensing opium poppy cultivation in order to locally manufacture and market Afghan...

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Illegal drug trade in Turkey

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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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Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

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raise money for her government. Also proposed was a controversial opium licensing bill. Her ministers, and closest friends, were all opposed to this...

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Hawaiian Kingdom

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felt the lost revenue, and so Liliʻuokalani proposed a lottery and opium licensing to bring in additional revenue. Her ministers and closest friends tried...

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History of Hawaii

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citizens lost revenue; in response Liliʻuokalani proposed a lottery and opium licensing. Her ministers and closest friends were all opposed to this plan; they...

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International Opium Convention

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International Opium Convention refers either to the first International Opium Convention signed at The Hague in 1912, or to the second International Opium Convention...

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Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

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T Culbert, "Opium based medicines: a mapping of global supply, demand and needs" in Spivack D. (ed.) Feasibility Study on Opium Licensing in Afghanistan...

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Drug prohibition

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opponent of the opium trade, writing two books to promote the banning of opium smoking: The Truth about Opium Smoking and The Chinese Opium Smoker. In 1888...

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Central Bureau of Narcotics

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headed by a District Opium Officer (Group 'B' Gazetted Officer), who is in charge of poppy cultivation aspects such as licensing of cultivators, measurement...

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Heroin

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or sell without a license. About 448 tons of heroin were made in 2016. In 2015, Afghanistan produced about 66% of the world's opium. Illegal heroin is...

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Harrison Narcotics Tax Act

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Brent Commission, for the purpose of examining alternatives to a licensing system for opium addicts. Although Governor William Taft supported this policy...

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Morphine

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a strong opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). It is mainly...

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Economy of Manchukuo

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garlic, giant radish, hemp, indigo, lupulus, millet, nuts, onions, opium poppies (for opium), peaches, pears, peanuts, rice, ricine, rye, sesame, sugar beet...

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Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act

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to smoke opium outside of opium dens. It did not ban the sale, import or use otherwise. In the next 25 years, different states enacted opium laws ranging...

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Cheang Hong Lim

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spirits, but further extended his business to include opium and held one of five opium licenses in Singapore, but quickly expanded his business interests...

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