Sentences with phrase «by opium»

Their search for protection proves futile, until Jacob, dulled by an opium addiction but still deadly, joins the effort.

I went for this gorgeous style by Opium.

Methylnaltrexone, a drug designed to reverse one of the most troubling problems caused by opium - based analgesics without interfering with pain relief, is rapidly effective at low doses with no apparent side effects report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the January 19, 2000, issue of JAMA.

More often or not they are intoxicated by the opium of power, they become deluded, they lose touch with reality and they are blinded by -LSB-...]

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And it's likely that the Sinaloa cartel is driving much of that production: In 2014, it is believed that the production of opium increased 50 % in Mexico, and in Guerrero state, a hotbed for heroin production, farmers and officials told The New York Times that the trade is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel — whose opium and marijuana fields in the country reportedly cover 23,000 miles, an area larger than Costa Rica.

«A large part of the violence has taken place in this part of the country... is generated by the production of opium poppies,» Roberto Campa, the deputy interior minister for human rights, told AFP in February.

The city, which is linked by highway to the country's interior, is a vital hub for traffickers moving up and down Mexico's Pacific coast and links them to the state's expansive opium and marijuana cultivation areas.

The Sinaloa cartel farms out most production of opium paste to smaller traffickers, according to growers, law enforcement and drug - trafficking experts interviewed by the AP.

The «Bible» was written by a bunch of hermit priests sitting locked away in some monastery high on herbs, mushrooms, and / or opium writing down what the crooked Popes in Rome wanted them to write.

In the Western world, however, opium has become a narcotic of mere escape, usually used by the rich or those who have abandoned life altogether in order to experience the drug.

It is somewhat ironic that the fundamentalist Taliban was doing its best to stamp out the production of opium in Afghanistan, but their defeat by American forces has allowed the opium trade once again to flourish.

Its outside critics have taxed the church with giving opium to the people, and with securing its own position as well as that of its allies by preaching contentment to the poor.

Marx saw religion as a species of fantasizing, an «opium,» foisted by the ruling classes on the proletariat in order that the latter would not be able to identify its oppressors.

Marxism sneers at religion as an «opium» devised by the wealthy to keep the poor meek and content in their misery.

Islam is a ever expanding tumor on the world fuel by oil money and opium.

However, rather than implying a swift liberalisation of illicit drugs, Sefatian suggested another direction: re-introducing the cultivation of plants such as poppy and cannabis under state supervision; legalisation of cannabis and opium use under specific circumstances outlined by ad hoc laws, for instance, only in private places and for opium — as he told me — only for people above a certain age.

Corruption for decades, has been the most potent allegations political parties use when in opposition to oust incumbent government and has become the opium used to daze voters during elections by politicians.

Vast deposits of rare earth and critical minerals found in Afghanistan by U.S. geologists under military cover could solve world shortages and get the country off opium and out from under Taliban control.

Wallabies have been munching the poppies grown for opium by the pharmaceutical industry.

On another side of the question, it appears that the opium habits of the population are not suppressed by the present legislation, as some supposed would be the case, but are again on the rise.»

The York team had seen previous work by other researchers that showed that giving an opium poppy a particular RNA molecule led a dramatic boost in S - reticuline.

Derived from the opium poppy, opioids alleviate pain by binding to opioid receptors in the brain.

The winemaker Taroemon became responsible for opium production, which started in the spring and produced about 1.27 kg of opium by autumn.

Rhubarb reportedly reached Europe by way of China in the 14th century, and because of growing demand, was more expensive than other precious plants and spices like cinnamon and opium.

It's a lesson told in a quieter way two years later by Robert Altman's masterpiece McCabe & Mrs. Miller, wherein erstwhile entrepreneur John McCabe (Warren Beatty) discovers the right way to die in a snow bank while his lady - love Constance (Julie Christie) obliterates herself in a haze of opium.

Blush was adapted by director Li Shaohong from a novel by Su Tong, a popular short - story writer whose better - known works include «Wives and Concubines,» the basis for Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern, and «Opium,» the basis for Ho Fan's Hong Kong feature The Szechuan Concubine.

Noodles (Robert De Niro) in a Chinatown opium den in New York's Lower East Side, circa 1933 in «Once Upon a Time in America,» directed by Sergio Leone.

A notorious drunk and opium addict, Poe (John Cusack) careens through 19th century Baltimore dead broke, bitter from years of writer's block, and harassed by the locals for being a blustering has - been.

A notorious drunk and opium addict, Poe (John Cusack) careens through 19th century Baltimore dead broke, bitter from years of writers block, and harassed by the locals for being a blustering has - been.

In fifties - filmstrip black - and - white, Azaria explains to a tow - headed kid that the legendarily sadistic grade - school game of dodgeball was devised by «opium - addicted Chinamen.»

An art - house crime thriller to be directed by Daniel Grove, it features Safai as Iran - Iraq War veteran caught between the Iranian and Russian mafia in Los Angeles, and is described as «Drive meets Taxi Driver set in the opium underworld of Tehrangeles.»

It's 1906 when a San Francisco psychologist, the grieving, opium - addicted Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke), is employed by the board of directors of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who feel Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren) needs a psychological assessment in order for her to keep the fortune she has inherited.

Matteo from The House of the Scorpion novels by Nancy Farmer: While trapped in the savage country of Opium, Matt realizes that he is actually the clone of the evil drug lord El Patrón.

By this point in the narrative he is also physically and mentally exhausted, and befuddled by drink and opiuBy this point in the narrative he is also physically and mentally exhausted, and befuddled by drink and opiuby drink and opium.

The best quote on the entire internet about this book is from a review by Sarah Skoletsky: «Here's my takeaway — gold mining is terrible work, opium seems pleasant, a dress weighing over 5 pounds should be looked into, and it rains a lot in New Zealand.»

Designed by American architect Bill Bensley, the boutique hotel — which opens in January — will be filled with antiques (opium beds; Siamese maps) and flea - market finds (velvet French cinema seating).

King size carved opium beds, private ensuite and outdoor sitting area surrounded by rainforest.

The main house also boasts an open - air living room heralded by Balinese welcome statues and is furnished with a sofa, three armchairs and an opium table.

The exhibition of Sybren Renema derives its title from the last sentence of «Kubla Khan», a poem by the 19th century British Lake Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was infamous for his use of opium and his sprawling public lectures.

In so doing, he created the visual equivalent of the «white noise» - the hum of murmuring voices - that both disrupts and ultimately informs the ritualized proceeding of the consumption of opium... (T) hese images materialize a sense of the experience produced by consuming the drug (Schimmel, op.

Also on view is Shahzia Sikander's «The Last Post,» an animated video installation inspired by the New York - based artist's interest in the colonial history of India and the British opium trade with China.

Finally, a two - channel video installation with ephemeral objects by James T. Hong plays as a counterpoint to the other works, performing the history of maritime commerce in Hong Kong with a focus on the opium trade.

An old Red Crescent medical bus, seemingly recently discarded by hippies who've turned it into an opium den — the claustrophobic space seems thick with their presence.

The exhibition also includes a historical section curated by Qu Chang, which presents materials related to Hong Kong's early history as a major shipping port and its role in the opium trade.

For instance, Ben Weiner's Orange Flowers do not contain any recognizable imagery, but were created by soaking paper in a mixture of orange ink and opium, a drug famously derived from poppies (the flower depicted in Warhol's flower series).

This animation, The Last Post, first created for the exhibition By Day, By Night, or Some (Special) Things a Museum Can Do at the Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai) in 2010, is inspired by Sikander's ongoing interest in the colonial history of the sub-continent and the British opium trade with ChinBy Day, By Night, or Some (Special) Things a Museum Can Do at the Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai) in 2010, is inspired by Sikander's ongoing interest in the colonial history of the sub-continent and the British opium trade with ChinBy Night, or Some (Special) Things a Museum Can Do at the Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai) in 2010, is inspired by Sikander's ongoing interest in the colonial history of the sub-continent and the British opium trade with Chinby Sikander's ongoing interest in the colonial history of the sub-continent and the British opium trade with China.

Poppy seed bagels and flowers are enjoyed by children of all ages, yet children do not confuse poppy seeds and poppy flowers with smoking opium, nor do they perceive a «message» that opium is good.

«In an attempt to neutralize this «threat,» the Canadian government, based on a report by then - Deputy Labour Minister, W. L. Mackenzie King, enacted the Opium Act in 1908, which was the first attempt to criminalize a narcotic in Canada,» wrote Spies in R. v. Ramos.

• Uncovered a huge drug smuggling plan by employing good judgment and opening a package containing 100 grams of opium.