Opium
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Opium 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 chem
Opium poppy seed pod exuding latex from a cut
Poppy crop from the Malwa in India (probably Papaver somniferum var. album)
Goddess of Ecstasy figurine from Crete, dated around the Late Bronze Age
Opium users in Java during the Dutch colonial period, c. 1870
Morphine
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Morphine, formerly known as morphium, is an opiate found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies. It is mainly used as an analgesic. There are multiple met
Opium
…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…
Two capsules (5 mg & 10 mg) of morphine sulfate extended-release
1 milliliter ampoule containing 10 mg of morphine
A localized reaction to intravenous morphine caused by histamine release in the veins
Before the Morphine by Santiago Rusiñol