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oppio

Also known as poppy tears, black spice, wuxiang

stupefacente con effetti sedativi

AI overview

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: crude drug
Subclass of: opiate
Has part: carbon
Image: Raw opium.jpg

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used by: pipe
Commons category: Opium
topic's main category: Category:Opium
natural product of taxon: Papaver somniferum
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Italiano

L'oppio è uno stupefacente ottenuto incidendo le capsule immature del Papaver somniferum (papavero sonnifero) e raccogliendone il lattice che trasuda, che poi viene lasciato rapprendere all'aria in una resina scura che viene impastata in pani di colore bruno, dall'odore dolciastro e dal sapore amaro. Le sostanze o preparazioni farmaceutiche contenenti oppio o suoi derivati sono chiamate oppiacei (da non confondere con gli oppioidi, classe di sostanze di varia natura con un effetto farmacologico simile a quello della morfina).

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