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    In 'The Wizard of Oz' are the poppies that the witch creates to put Dorothy and her friends asleep the same thing as opium?

    Question #77318. Asked by star_gazer. (Mar 15 07 10:19 PM)


    What-A-Mess

    		Opium, codeine, Morphine, Heroine, Darvocet, Percocet, Oxycontin, Demerol, Vicodin, to name a few, are all derived from the sedative plant the Opium Poppy. (pretty flower!)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_poppy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_poppy


    I would say that the Writers or Directors point was geared toward the Opium craze that stifled America and the World for a time there in the mid 1800's to early 1900's.

    Mar 15 07, 11:09 PM
    What-A-Mess

    		See "Opium Wars".


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_War

    Mar 15 07, 11:10 PM
    toughynutter

    		Yes but in the MGM movie version the Wicked Which of the West cast a spell on the poppies as a means of avoiding the drug reference.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=iBtjrTD_QDsC&pg=RA1-PA271&lpg=RA1-PA271&dq=opium+poppies+that+the+witch+creates+to+put+dorothy&source=web&ots=XQaosH25ME&sig=LPHnZ_XIfGEqlt_7Zl2uj_W4w6Y#PRA1-PA270,M1

    Mar 15 07, 11:27 PM
    What-A-Mess

    		Which Witch?

    Opium, spell, Laudanum, same thing.

    No separation from the Drug!

    The entire movie/book/story is an allusion.

    Blatancy was avoided. Not the meaning!

    Mar 16 07, 12:00 AM

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