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Yes, oxycodone does indeed come from the opium poppy plant. The opium alkaloid, thebaine, is extracted from the opium latex. It is then refined in a lab until it is made into Oxycodone.

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Yup. In science, the plant is called Papaver somniferumwhich is Latin for "Sleeping poppy," or something like that.

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