Answer:
C. A powerful, addictive narcotic drug
Explanation:
OPIUM is an opioid or narcotic, made from the white liquid in the poppy plant. Opium is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for illegal drug trade.
Regular use can lead to drug tolerance or physical dependence. Chronic opium addicts in 1906 China or modern-day Iran consume an average of eight grams of opium daily.
Both analgesia and drug addiction are functions of the MU opioid receptor, the class of opioid receptor first identified as responsive to morphine.
This impacted Chinese and irish immigrants with the need for laborers for the railroad system. many needed jobs to support their families.
First of all we have to claim that Tiberius didn't love so much to be Emperor, just because he hated stay in a court... He loved so much stay in his fantastic villas, particularly which is set in Capri island, where he could enjoy himself with, according to sources, women and child. So Tiberius isn't the real figure of an emperor, he wasn't a general and it wasn't so love by his soldiers.
Perhaps no controversy has generated as much attention as that
surrounding the imposition of the death penalty. Since the adoption of the
Bill of Rights, our Constitution has contained the eighth amendment1
proscription against those punishments which are "cruel and unusual."
Notwithstanding this principle the implementation of capital punishment
has been traditionally accepted as a legitimate function of our system of
criminal justice.
In order to understand the problem of capital punishment, the social
and political background of the movement against capital punishment, both
in the United States2 and abroad, must be examined. Accordingly, before
undertaking an analysis of Furman v. Georgia,5 this Comment will undertake
a detailed and exhaustive examination of capital punishment as it
developed in England and the United States. Such an examination will
set the foundation for a critical evaluation of the arguments for and against
capital punishment as advanced by the Furman Court. The issue of capital
punishment cannot be discussed in a legal vacuum, but must be viewed
from a moral, social, political, and philosophical, as well as legal, perspective.
With this structural background, this Comment will examine the road
to Furman - the legislative history and case law which comprises the
backbone of the eighth amendment. It is only by a combination of the
social and political trends and the legal precedents that Furman can be
fully appreciated
The Progressive Era of the United States was part of an era from 1890 to 1920 when many american countries were seeking to modernize government and streamline democracy, in latin america many of the newly founded democracies were dealing in this period with social movements that demanded parties and offices to no longer be held by oligarchies. In the U.S. progressists hoped to create, through political, economical and social reforms, a more just, efficient and inclusive government, actively opposing corruption and the established political machinery, in that way they sought to be better able to bring about positive change.
Some of the national-level reforms realized by progressists are: the imposition of income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition, anti-fraud election reforms and legalizing women's vote.
