Regarding opium, Trinkley writes:
 
> the concentrated juice of the unripe capsules of _Papaver
>somniferum_), tend not to degrade over time, at least in typical museum
>storage environments.  I will be interested in hearing from others who may
>have more information on the effects of salt water.
 
Forget the saltwater, folks.  When I read  this, images of stoned fishies
danced about my head.
 
Cheers,
M
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Anthropology.   University of Texas at Austin.
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