Plant History and Uses

Question 1

Codiene

Answer 1

We make it synthetically
It is an Opiate
Turkey and Afganistan are the major suppliers

Question 2

Opium

Answer 2

1937 Opium War
Turkey and Australia major suppliers
Given to crying babies
Cured everything

Question 3

Tabacco

Answer 3

this plant has had the greatest world wide impact
its use dates back thousands of years
it was named by Linneaus
Jean Nicot: importing and selling tabacco
Tabacco was 4 times more valuable than anything that was edible
A region in Louisiana that grows tobaccco (Grande Pointe)
grown in the shade with high fertilizer (for cigars)
grown in the sun with less fertilizer (for cigarettes)
Additives are added to tobacco(honey, rum, and menthol)
It is a Central Nervous System Stimulant
In its pure form Nicotine is a poison
Uses: cigars, cigarrettes,

Question 4

Cocaine

Answer 4

Coca Cola
Coca is the name given to the plant that provides cocaine
Came from a man in Atlatnta that marketed as a medicinal beverage (for headaches)

90% of Peruvians still use Coco leaves

Fermentation: enzymes break down the leave, and then chewed letting out small of amounts of cocaine
Cocaine itself was not isolated until the 1860s

Question 5

Cannabis

Answer 5

(hemp)(marjiuana) India 1500
one plant that could forfill all needs
1. Fibers
2. Seeds: they have a high amount of oil
3. OIls: used to light their rooms, paints and varnishes
4. Correct Spiritual imbalances
The plants are dioecious

Smoking became popular in the 1600’s by the Dutch in South Africa
It became naturalized throughout the Carribean because the African slaves were already familiar with it

1937 Federal Marjiuana Tax Law

Question 6

Morphine

Answer 6

a number of Civil War soldier addicted to Morphine

Heroin was used to replace it