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Opium is a dried substance extracted from opium poppy seed capsules that contains morphine and other alkaloids, which are used to produce both legitimate pain-relieving medications and illegal drugs. It matters because morphine and related compounds are powerful pain relievers but also carry significant risks of tolerance and dependence with long-term use.
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Key facts
- Botanical product.image
- Opium pod cut to demonstrate fluid extraction1.jpg
- Botanical product.caption
- Opium poppy seed pod exuding latex from a cut
- Botanical product.name
- Opium
- Botanical product.plant
- Papaver somniferum
- Botanical product.part
- Latex capsule seeds
- Botanical product.origin
- Uncertain, possibly Anatolia, or Spain, southern France and northwestern Africa
- Botanical product.consumers
- Worldwide (#1: Iran)
- Botanical product.legal_AU
- S8
- Botanical product.legal_BR
- A1
- Botanical product.legal_CA
- Schedule I
- Botanical product.legal_DE
- Anlage III
- Botanical product.legal_NZ
- Class B
- Botanical product.legal_UK
- Class A
- Botanical product.legal_US
- Schedule II
- Botanical product.legal_UN
- Narcotic Schedule I
- Botanical product.legal_status
- Controlled unless and except for medical use under a license.
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Research
4,672 papers- Opium poisoning in modern times. An overview.ReviewForensic science international · 2019Martínez MA, Ballesteros SDOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.06.006
- Opium and cardiovascular health: A devil or an angel?ReviewIndian heart journal · 2020Roayaei P, Aminorroaya A, Vasheghani-Farahani A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.10.003
- Does Opium Consumption Have Shared Impact on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer?ReviewArchives of Iranian medicine · 2022Masoudkabir F, Malekzadeh R, Yavari N et al.DOI: 10.34172/aim.2022.08
- Opium Use and Cancer Risk: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Mansouri M, Naghshi S, Parsaeian M et al.DOI: 10.1155/2022/5397449
- Opium use and oral cancer in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Keykha E, Shabanpour MJ, Tahmasebi E et al.DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000044765
- Opium, Street Opium, and Cancer Risk.Current pharmaceutical design · 2022López-Lázaro MDOI: 10.2174/1381612828666220607104805
- Risk of head and neck cancer among opium users.Archives of oral biology · 2024Mohebbi E, Alimoradi Z, Rozek LS et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2023.105846
- DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Opium, a Historical Perspective.ReviewACS chemical neuroscience · 2018Presley CC, Lindsley CWDOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00459
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- Instance of
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- opiate
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- Category:Opium
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- Papaver somniferum
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- P8168
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Article · Deutsch
Opium (von griechisch ὀπος „Saft“, in Bezug auf den Milchsaft von Papaverarten), (früher) auch Mohnsaft genannt, ist der durch Anritzen gewonnene getrocknete Milchsaft unreifer Samenkapseln des zu den Mohngewächsen (Papaveraceae) gehörenden Schlafmohns (Papaver somniferum). Im Verlauf des Trocknungsprozesses entsteht aus dem Milchsaft durch Autoxidation eine braune bis schwarze Masse, das Rohopium. Die wirksamen Hauptbestandteile des Opiums sind die Alkaloide Morphin, Codein und Thebain. Opium ist unter anderem ein Rauschmittel und Betäubungsmittel. Neben den daraus gewonnenen genannten natürlichen Alkaloiden stellt das halbsynthetische Diacetylmorphin, allgemein unter seinem Handelsnamen Heroin bekannt, das weitestverbreitete Morphin-Derivat dar. Es werden auch vollsynthetische Substanzen hergestellt, die an den Opioidrezeptoren wirken (Fentanyl, Pethidin u. v. a.). Die natürlich vorkommenden und synthetisierten Substanzen werden in die Gruppen der Opiate und Opioide eingeordnet und entsprechend bezeichnet.
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