drug: opium

This biological or botanical source of natural (as opposed to synthetic) opioid drugs is a gummy exudate harvested from the opium poppy (Papaverum somniferum).

Also: laudanum, paregoric

Associated with (substance-related): disorders
CSA schedule: II
DEA number: extracts: 9610; fluid extract: 9620; poppy: 9650; granulated: 9640; powdered: 9639; raw: 9600

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Children of the Century Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi 1999

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