Assertion: opium | /r/CapableOf | come in the west
Facets:
value: into wide use
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as laudanum
type: OTHER
value: as paregoric
type: OTHER
value: as opium
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the West, opium came into wide use as a painkiller in the 18th century, and opium, laudanum, and paregoric were active ingredients in many patent medicines.