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What is a 9 letter word for drugs that are derived fro the opium poppy?
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Substances derived from the opium poppy form a class of drugs called?
Opiates
Where to get a plant derived?
The opium poppy
What is opium poppy?
The opium poppy is a type of plant in which opium and poppy seeds come from. Opium is where many narcotics like morphine, are taken from.
Which pain relieving drug is taken from the poppy?
In medicine, drugs derived or synthesized from alkaloids of the opium poppy plant are known as opiates. Morphine and codiene are examples of opiates.
What class of drug does heroin come from?
Heroin originates from the opium poppy plant. A poppy plant pod contains a white syrup which when dried forms what is known as opium. It is from opium that among other drugs heroin is derived.
What is the origin of the word opium?
Latin opium, from Greek opion: "poppy juice, poppy," derived from opos: "vegetable juice."
What drug is derived from opium or Coke?
crack is from coke and heroin is from opium or poppy seeds
What is the plant of morphine?
Morphine is derived from opium, which is extacted from the Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum.
What type of drug is made from the poppy is a prescrption medicine and relieves pain?
Opium is made from the latex of a specific species of poppy, Papaver somniferum. Opium can be purified and/or chemically modified to produce a wide variety of narcotic drugs, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
Where was morphine originated?
Morphine is generally kept locked up in hospitals. Pharmacies do not normally carry morphine. Morphine is a controlled substance because it is derived from or emulates the same opioid source that heroin comes from.
In Nature Heroin And Opium are derived from the seedpods of which kind of flower?
Poppy
What plant is codeine derived from?
opium poppy plant in south America
