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...Control of production and distribution of raw opium and coca leaves, so that no surplus would be left for purposes neither medical nor scientific...
...Prevention of surplus production of raw opium and the coca leaf...
...Progressive reduction of importation of raw opium at the rate of 10% per annum by those countries which permit the manufacture of prepared opium for smoking...
...Raw opium is manufactured mainly in India, China, Persia and Turkey from the juice of the poppy. The annual production is about 3,900 tons, but not more than 350 tons a year is necessary to medicine and science. The cultivation of poppies, therefore, is a great source of revenue to these states...
...small iron instrument previously dipped in oil. It is then worked in a heated pot until it is thick and can be formed into cakes about four pounds in weight. The cakes are than packed in leaves to prevent them sticking together, and dried. This is raw opium...