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Papaver somniferum dried poppy pods
Opium poppy, or Papaver somniferum dried poppy pod is a plant that has been used as medicine since ancient times. It is still grown all over the world to make pharmaceutical opiates and heroin. The poppy straw that comes from growing the plant is usually used by pharmaceutical companies. However, heroin is usually made from the liquid or dried sap (called opium latex or gum) that comes from slicing the outside of the poppy pods. In the early 1800s, morphine was isolated, which was the first step in the study of opium alkaloids. There are at least 80 alkaloids in opium, according to a number of sources.
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