Dragonwings
Significance of Opium
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Opium is a drug derived from the poppy flower that is both a strong pain reliever and a terribly addictive drug. In the time period the novel is set, there were many opium dens where people would go to smoke the drug for a quick high. A character in this novel is addicted to opium.