Minggu, 09 Februari 2014

Early History of Drugs

Approximately th . 2000 BC in Samaria pollen opion known or later known opium ( opium = papavor somniferitum ) . This flower thrives in upland areas above an altitude of 500 meters above sea level . The next deployment is in the direction of India , China and other Asian regions .
China then became a very fertile place in the spread of this opiate ( possible because of the climate and the state of the country ) . Entering the seventeenth century, the opium problem for China has become a national problem , and even in the nineteenth century occurred perangcandu where China finally conquered England with having to give up Hong Kong .
In 1806 a physician named Friedrich Wilhelim of Westphalia sertuner find modifications opium mixed with ammonia which was then known as Morphin ( taken from the name of the Greek god of dreams named Morphius ) .
In 1856 when the civil war broke out in the U.S. Morphin is very popular used for pain relief wounded prisoners of war settled some of the " addiction " referred to as the " soldier 's disease "
In 1874 a chemist named Alder Wright of London , boil the liquid morphine with anhydrous acid ( the acid that is a type of fungus ) This mixture took effect when tested by a dog that is: the dog lies down , fear , drowsiness and vomiting . But in 1898 a drug factory " Bayer " Heroin dengannama produce the drug , as the official pain reliever medicine ( pain killer ) .
60s - 70s opiate center spread of the world are in the area of ​​the "Golden Triangle " : Myanmar , Thailand and Laos . With production : 700 thousand tons per year . Also in the area of ​​the "Golden Crescent " ie Pakistan , Iran and Afghanistan from the Golden Crescent to Africa danAmerika .
In addition to morphine and heroin adalagi another type of cocaine ( coca throxylor ery ) is derived from the coca plant grown in Peru and Bolavia . Usually used to cure asthma and tuberculosis .
At the end of the 70s when the rate of increasing pressure of human life as well as the technology support diberilah special mixtures that opium can be also in the form of drugs 

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