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== History, medicinal and recreational use == | == History, medicinal and recreational use == | ||
Opium has been used both [[Medicine|medicinally]] and recreationally for over 8,000 years<ref>[https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.92.15_supplement.P4.9-055#:~:text=Results%3A,a%20panacea%20for%20all%20maladies. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.92.15_supplement.P4.9-055#:~:text=Results%3A,a%20panacea%20for%20all%20maladies.]</ref> . | Opium has been used both [[Medicine|medicinally]] and recreationally for over 8,000 years<ref>[https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.92.15_supplement.P4.9-055#:~:text=Results%3A,a%20panacea%20for%20all%20maladies. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.92.15_supplement.P4.9-055#:~:text=Results%3A,a%20panacea%20for%20all%20maladies.]</ref> . | ||
== How raw opium is made == | |||
'''NOTICE: While it is perfectly legal in most cases to grow opium producing poppies, harvesting opium from them is not in most places. Under no circumstances are illicit activities supported, this is for educational purposes. Please adhere to your local laws.''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<ref>https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00737/full</ref> | <ref>https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00737/full</ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 6 May 2025
Opium, or rather raw opium, is the dried milky, latex sap collected from gently slicing the sides of the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Raw opium contains about 10% morphine by weight, and much smaller percentages of 23 other opiate alkaloids such as codeine.[1]
History, medicinal and recreational use
Opium has been used both medicinally and recreationally for over 8,000 years[2] .
How raw opium is made
NOTICE: While it is perfectly legal in most cases to grow opium producing poppies, harvesting opium from them is not in most places. Under no circumstances are illicit activities supported, this is for educational purposes. Please adhere to your local laws.