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Poppy & Opium

Timeline

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400

Opium thebaicum, from the Egytpian fields at Thebes, is first introduced to China by Arab traders.

At first use is limited to medicinal purposes, and it is consumed in a beverage made from the seeds.

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Opium Throughout History, FrontLine