raw opium
Crude narcotic sap
Raw opium is the unprocessed resin harvested from opium poppy seed pods.
Farmers score the pods and collect the milky latex that oozes out, which dries into a dark, sticky substance.
This crude form contains morphine, codeine, and other alkaloids that can be refined into pharmaceuticals or illicit drugs like heroin: The seizure included bricks of raw opium.
- poppyScarlet bloom, opium source
- poppy fieldLand covered in red blooms
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- morphineOpioid analgesic medication
- resinViscous plant secretion
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