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अफीम
Also known as poppy tears, black spice, wuxiang
Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade. Opium's main psychoactive alkaloids, primarily morphine, act on μ-opioid receptors, causing analgesia, with long-term use leading to tolerance and dependence. The latex also contains the closely related opiates codeine and thebaine, and non-analg
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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