Assertion: opium | /r/ObjectUse | used in the uk
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text: Opium was used in the UK (and the rest of Europe) in medicines from the 1550's and by the 17th century drugs like laudanum - a mixture of opium and alcohol - were used for all sorts of ailments including to kill pain, aid sleep, for coughs, diarrhoea, period pains and for toothache and colic in babies.
text: Opium was used in the UK (and the rest of Europe) in medicines from the 1550s and by the 17th century drugs like laudanum – a mixture of opium and alcohol – were used for all sorts of ailments including to kill pain, aid sleep, for coughs, diarrhoea, period pains and for toothache and colic in babies.