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RAW OPIUM.

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Raw opium is the spontaneously coagulated juice

obtained from the capsules of the papaver somniferum,

and which has only been submitted to the necessary

manipulations for packing and transport.

Raw opium includes powdered opium and granulated

opium as known to the trade.

PREPARED OPIUM.

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Prepared opium is the product of raw opium

obtained by a series of special operations, especially

by heating, boiling, and fermentation, having for

their object its transformation into an extruct

suitable for consumption. Prepared opium shall in-

clude drose and any other residues remaining when

oplum has been smoked.

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MEDICINAL OPIUM

Medicinal opium is raw opium which has been heated to

60° centigrade, pondered or granulated, mixed,

if

necessary,