Photo: Opium Poppy (Papaver Somniferum)
Category: Narcotics » Opium
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The opium poppy has been cultivated in lower Mesopotamia as long ago as 3400 BC. Besides opium, a number of refined opiates, such as morphine, papaverine, thebaine, noscapine, codeine, and heroin, are extracted from opium poppies.

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