• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Opiates include artificially lab-constructed products that are based off of the opium that comes from poppies.

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            5 months ago

            Yeah. Pretty much. The original quote by Marx would’ve been in German I assume - which might make a difference. Looking at the US’s painkiller problems “opiate” is possibly more relevant. It’s a negligible difference either way. (Unless a linguist knows better)

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              5 months ago

              I suspect back then, when original quote was created, most, if not all, opium accessible to the public was natural and not a synthetic opiate. To translate it to opiate is likely incorrect then. That’s why I was a bit confused by correction “opiate”.