opium: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Opium Consumption - Mechanistic Evidence. | Nov 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What Is Opium? | Nov 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Opium Consumption - Mechanistic Evidence. | Sep 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemical Institute of Canada - Opium and laudanum historys wonder drugs. | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - Neuron - In vivo photopharmacology with light-activated opioid drugs. | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Development of a Method to Extract Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) DNA from Heroin. | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Open Biology - Opium alkaloids, biosynthesis, pharmacology and association with cancer occurrence. | Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - FRONTLINE - Opium Throughout History. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Cancer - Is opium use associated with an increased risk of lung cancer? A case-control study. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Opium Consumption - Mechanistic Evidence. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Jun 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemical Institute of Canada - Opium and laudanum history?s wonder drugs. | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Out of our minds: opium?s part in imperial history. | Feb 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Physiology - The Impact of Opium Consumption on Blood Glucose, Serum Lipids and Blood Pressure, and Related Mechanisms. | Jun 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Drug Enforcement Administration - Opium. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Drugs.com - Opium. | Dec 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - How Long Does Opium Stay in Your System? | Oct 04, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alcohol and Drug Foundation - Opium. | Dec 21, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: None. | Feb 27, 2018 | ||
| Updated information on areas where opium plants are legally grown for the production of medicinal alkaloids. | Oct 16, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Drug Enforcement Administration - Opium. | Jul 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - OpiumTrade. | Nov 11, 2010 | ||
| Added a video on the shutdown of opium dens in Thailand in the late 1950s. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Updated to mention declines in poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan near the end of the first decade of the 21st century. | May 13, 2010 | ||
| Added information on the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia, opium production in Afghanistan, and the legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes. | Aug 27, 2009 | ||
| Article restructured. | Aug 14, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Drugs.com - Opium. | Jan 24, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: 20 20 Site - Opium. | Jan 24, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Opiates.net - Opium. | Jan 24, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Schaffer Library of Drug Policy - Opium. | Jan 24, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 08, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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