Different enough to qualify as not the same thing at all, by what little reading I've done. Laudanum is specifically "an alcoholic tincture of opium" (and yes that is what they call it on its wikipedia page--this post and the linked article made me go do my research).
Laudanum is made from opium, but only in the same way Nutella is made from hazelnuts. A different set of chemicals, marketing demographic, manner of consumption, and physical reaction. (This is laudanum we're still discussing and not Nutella, to clarify.)
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Different enough to qualify as not the same thing at all, by what little reading I've done. Laudanum is specifically "an alcoholic tincture of opium" (and yes that is what they call it on its wikipedia page--this post and the linked article made me go do my research).
Laudanum is made from opium, but only in the same way Nutella is made from hazelnuts. A different set of chemicals, marketing demographic, manner of consumption, and physical reaction. (This is laudanum we're still discussing and not Nutella, to clarify.)