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A comment on Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian Parliament (2016). Parent comment

Re:Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian P... by TylerE on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:24PM (#15715131)
Pure opium is fairly benign, as hard drugs go.

It's all the crap it gets cut with by shady dealers that kill people.

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Re:Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian P... by libertyEQ on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:30PM (#15715183)
Heroine (~1%), morphine(~5-13%), and codeine(~5-13%) are the active constituents in opium, which is a plant material consisting of many other benign substances. These discussions need to include factoids like these in order to be productive.
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Re:Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian P... by CynicalDio on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:30AM (#15738391)
This is incorrect. Opium does not contain any "Heroin" (Diacetylmorphine). The three major alkaloids contained I opium latex are Morphine, Codeine and Thebaine.
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