Opium
Opium (poppy tears, lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Opium latex contains approximately 12% of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade. The latex also contains the closely related opiates codeine and thebaine and non-analgesic alkaloids such as papaverine and noscapine. The traditional, labor-intensive method of obtaining the latex is to scratch ("score") the immature seed pods (fruits) by hand; the latex leaks out and dries to a sticky yellowish residue that is later scraped off, and dehydrated. The word "meconium" (derived from the Greek for "opium-like", but now used to refer to infant stools) historically referred to related, weaker preparations made from other parts of the opium poppy or different species of poppies.
The production of opium itself has not changed since ancient times. Through selective breeding of the Papaver somniferum plant, the content of the phenanthrene alkaloids morphine, codeine, and to a lesser extent thebaine, has been greatly increased. In modern times, much of the thebaine, which often serves as the raw material for the synthesis for hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and other semisynthetic opiates, originates from extracting Papaver orientale or Papaver bracteatum.
Opium (disambiguation)
Opium is a plant latex that is a source of narcotic analgesic drugs
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Opium (Serebro song)
Опиум (Opioom (or Opium in English)) is the third released single by Russian girl band Serebro. Given to its order of release, the song is nicknamed "Song #3" after its predecessors "Song #1" and "Song #2" (Дыши). This is the fourth song to be made public from Serebro's upcoming album after "What's Your Problem?" was performed at the RMA on 4 October 2007.
Debut
On 13 March 2008 Serebro announced on their official website that they will be releasing their third (official) single "Опиум". The site says that the song premiered on a Russian morning radio show 'BrigadaU' on Europa Plus radio and that until 17 March Europa Plus had exclusive rights to play the song.
The song Опиум is available to download for free (as are other serebro songs) on the official Serebro website.
On 2 May 2008 Serebro announced on their official website that the new music video of Opium will debut on MUV-TV, 7 May 2008. They also mention that this date is the day after their producer's (Maxim Fadeev) birthday.
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ALBUMS
- Chill Out Zone released: 2011
- Grime Forum, Volume 1 released: 2010
- Soulfood, Volume 2: Lyriks released: 2007
Grime Forum, Volume 1
Released 2010- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Who?
- 96 Bars of Remembrance
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Haha Laugh Laugh
- Better Pedigree
- Wile Out
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Venom on the Mic
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- September 10th
- Assassin 64
- Grime Forum Freestyle - What You Call It?
- House Party
- Open Your Eyes
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Spaceman
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Go On
- Grime Forum Freestyle - Ruff Sqwad
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- We Love Grime
- Real Talk (refix) (Grime Forum Special)
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- 7.57pm Freestyle
- Dirty Date
- Old School
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Riot Freestyle
- Filthy Riddim
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Mokzart
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Grime Forum Freestyle
- Always Ready
- They Don't Want It
- Range
Soulfood, Volume 2: Lyriks
Released 2007- I'm Not
- I'm Asleep
- Dear Roachie
- Liar, Liar, Part 2
- Confidence Boost Preview
- It's Still My Playground
- The Circle (feat. Slayer, Quincy & Nitro)
- I'm Not a Set of Stairs
- I Don't Dance Much
- Love Scars (feat. Scratchy & Leo)
- Guess Who?
- Freestyle
- Beef
- Vice Freestyle
- War Report 3 (feat. Wiley)
- War Report 4 (feat. Wiley)
- Free Roachie (feat. Slix & Lee Brasco)
- Freestyle
- Dangerous Liaisons Freestyle
- Signal (feat. Crunch)
Opium
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- Biomechanic Electronic Era, Volume II released: 2014
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- Propaganda EP released: 1981
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- Back 2 Back released: 2010
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- Opium released: 2005
Opium
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- ..Undead.. released: 2013
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- Opium released: 1998
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- Deep in the Jungle released: 1995
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- Stain released: 2011
- Chaos Theory Laboratories released: 2011
- Pain(t) released: 2009
- Watercolors released: 2007
- Autunno released: 2007
- Algorithms released: 2006
- Thepresentday released: 2006
- Nosesoul: Angel Ghost & Human Shades released: 2006
- Sympathetic Flying Objects released: 2005
- Floatdownstream released: 2005
- The Reborn of the Rebel Angel released: 2000
Opium
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- Too Many Miles Between Us released: 2004
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by Threshold
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by Daniel Belanger
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by Hooverphonic
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by Marcy Playground
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by Deathstars
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by Moe.
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by Dead Can Dance
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by Moonspell
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by New Division
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by Semargl
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by Akin
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by All-devouring Light
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by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Opium
by: Thresholdlost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
i've struggled to get near it to backwards engineer it
but all i find is a smoke and mirror game
the recondite monopolise the airwaves
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we live our lives our opium is televised
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
they'll print it on the front page to synthesise an outrage
but all we find is a decoy once again
duplicity and trickery surround us
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we fall asleep their opium is running deep
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
waiting to play are we the pawns in this game
paving the way watching the kings make their claim
martyrs and spies although we don't realise
falling away under the watch of their eyes
this is the way we've chosen to be
this is the road that we go down
as clear as the day but still we don't see
we'll only know when it's over
lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
and this is how our nation died our opium has satisfied
and finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
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