Dried opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). These drying seed capsules are the structures from which opium is collected. The crude opium is a milky latex,which hardens into a gummy substance on exposure to air. Crude opium contains numerous alkaloids,including the painkillers morphine and codeine. It is the raw material for making heroin | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Sirulnikoff, Alan |
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