A drug that Edgar Allen Poe used often. This is mentioned in many of his short stories/poems
Cole was walking around as if he had been smoking opium all night.
by aub March 31, 2005
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the damned drug that the british sold to the chinese. caused mass addiction and dependence.

opium war of the mid-19th century
don't be smokin opium. it's bad for you.
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Religion, according to Karl Marx, in that it makes you feel good without actually fixing your problems and may even make matters worse.
"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness." - Karl Marx, 1844
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A drug made when you scrape the seed off the top of a poppy flower and when the liquid turns black that comes out you scrape it off and smoke it
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A drug, which helps get you high. Mike likes to use it, and uses it several times per day.
Person 1: Where did my opium go?
Person 2: Mike stole it and now is smoking it!
by Dan the Man December 6, 2004
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A person that is a slow moving dope (therefore like the drug, opium)
Guy 1: Dude, how stupid is she?
Guy 2: Dude, its Leah...shes opium.
Guy 1: O yeah, I forgot.
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