Hundred subjects aged 18-65 years using opium or poppy husk seeking outpatient treatment at a tertiary addiction treatment center in India were interviewed to collect information on their socio-demography, natural opiate, and other substance use. profile, clinical profile, addiction severity, and quality of life of treatment-seeking natural opiate users. The objective of this cross-sectional, observational study was to assess the socio-demographic. However, studies on their profile, quality of life, and addiction severity are limited. Natural opiates (opium and poppy husk) use is a socio-culturally accepted phenomenon reported in India. The type of opioid used influences the severity and complications experienced. Ghosh has tried to show the loss of natural habitat during the colonial rule in India.
In the novel, it is the spiritual power of the river which gives Deeti a vision of her future. The river Ganga is show as the life line of the people from Bihar to Calcutta, it is considered as sacred by the people. They are regarded as assets by the women characters like Deeti and Sarju for their future. The importance of seeds of plants in the life of human beings is stressed in the novel. But the character of Paulette is an example of a child of nature in the novel. The description of a French Botanist as assistant curator of Calcutta's Botanical Garden does little for the conservation of native plants in comparison to the destruction caused by the colonial rule. The novel gives us a glimpse how in the nineteenth century colonialism destroyed the ecosystem of the country. Opium affects the normal behavior of birds, animals and insects in the novel. People are compelled by the British to grow opium in their fields.
In my paper, I will be dealing with the changes that occur due to the cultivation of opium and how its addiction leads to the death of Hukum Singh.
The novel deals with the cultivation of opium and its harmful effect on the life of the people and the environment. Amitav Ghosh's novel Sea of Poppies is a description of colonialism and its effect on the environment.
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