Opium

Opium is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which... Wikipedia

• Botanical name:  Opium, opium gum, opium resin.
• Source plant(s):  Papaver somniferum
• Part(s) of plant:  Latex capsule seeds
• Geographic origin:  Uncertain, possibly Asia Minor, or Spain, southern France and northwestern Africa
• Active ingredients:  Morphine, codeine, noscapine, papaverine, thebaine
• Main producers:  Afghanistan, Myanmar, Colombia, Laos, Mexico, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, China, Australia
• Main consumers:  Worldwide (#1: Europe)
• Legal status:  AU: Controlled (S8), CA: Schedule I, UK: Class A, US: Schedule II, UN: Narcotic Schedule I, Controlled unless and except for medical use under a license.
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo