Opium: Uses, Addiction Treatment Side Effects
Opium is a highly addictive narcotic drug acquired in the dried latex form the opium poppy Papaver somniferum seed pod. Traditionally the unripened pod is slit open and the sap seeps out and dries on the outer surface of the pod. The resulting yellow brown latex, which is scraped off of the pod, is bitter in taste and contains varying amounts of alkaloids such as




































