opium poppy
Morphine source plant
The opium poppy is a flowering plant whose seed pods yield a milky latex containing morphine, codeine, and other alkaloids.
Cultivated for thousands of years, it remains the source of both medicinal opiates and illegal heroin.
The seeds themselves contain negligible amounts of these compounds and are used in baking: poppy seed muffins, poppy seed bagels.
Opioid analgesic medication
- codeineOpium-derived painkiller
- alkaloidNitrogenous plant compound
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- painkillerMedication reducing discomfort
pharmaceutical · anodyne · antitussive · therapeutic · prescription · palliative · anesthesia · laudanum
Enclosed dose container
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- petalsColored bloom segments
stigma · glaucous · herbaceous · alkaloids · cultivation · harvest · seedhead · sap
Compulsive substance reliance
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- dependencyState of needing support
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
tolerance · intoxication · narcosis · drowsiness · sedation · stupor · heroin · methadone
Illegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
black market · prohibition · Golden Triangle · drug trade · eradication · kingpin · clandestine · narcoterrorism
British colonial trading corporation
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- CantonSwiss administrative district
- clipper shipsFast sailing cargo vessels
- Treaty of Nanking1842 Anglo-Chinese peace accord
19th century · Victorian · laudanum · Coleridge · apothecary · Mesopotamia
morphine
Opioid analgesic medication
painkiller · pharmaceutical · anodyne · antitussive · therapeutic · prescription · palliative · anesthesia · laudanum · tincture
capsule
Enclosed dose container
petals · stigma · glaucous · herbaceous · alkaloids · cultivation · harvest · seedhead · sap · germination
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- dependencyState of needing support
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
overdose · tolerance · intoxication · narcosis · drowsiness · sedation · stupor · heroin · methadone · buprenorphine
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
interdiction · black market · prohibition · Golden Triangle · drug trade · eradication · kingpin · clandestine · narcoterrorism · Afghan
East India Company
British colonial trading corporation
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- CantonSwiss administrative district
- clipper shipsFast sailing cargo vessels
Treaty of Nanking · 19th century · Victorian · laudanum · Coleridge · apothecary · Mesopotamia
- cash cropscotton, tobacco, sugarcane, sugar cane, coffee
- alkaloid plantsbelladonna, coca plant, coffee plant, tobacco plant, tea plant
- ethnobotanyayahuasca, peyote, coca, coca leaf, cannabis
- poppies
- colonial botanyKew Gardens, botanical gardens, quinine, breadfruit, rubber trees
- Asian cropsrice, tea, soybeans, millet, bamboo
opium poppylettuce
Leafy salad vegetable
wheat · corn · California poppy · carrot · tomato
opium poppyCalifornia poppy
Orange Western wildflower
tulip · rose · chrysanthemum
opium poppywheat
Cereal crop for flour
rice · vegetable crops · fruit trees · medicinal herbs · quinoa
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