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No. Opium is a mixture of several drugs, one of which is morphine. Heroin is a derivative of morphine. The two are similar but unrelated (except that the morphine is usually taken from opium).

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The term "opiate" refers to drugs that are made from the opium poppy. Heroin, morphine, opium, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, Suboxone, codeine, Percocet, Dilaudid, etc., are all opiate drugs. All opiates are depressants.

Cocaine is a completely different drug. Cocaine is a stimulant drug that is made from the coca plant.

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Yes, it's extracted from opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum)

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Yes, heroin is an opiate. It is a derivative of morphine, which comes from the opium poppy plant.

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Yes, herion is derived from the poppy plant and is included in the opiates class.

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Yes, heroin is an opiate.

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What is the percentage of Morphine in pure Opium?

opium contains 10-16 percent of morphine.


What are opium derivatives?

Opium derivatives are substances synthesized from morphine, codeine, or thebaine, such as Heroin (from morphine) and Oxycodone (from thebaine).


Where was morphine originated?

Morphine is generally kept locked up in hospitals. Pharmacies do not normally carry morphine. Morphine is a controlled substance because it is derived from or emulates the same opioid source that heroin comes from.


How do they make morphine?

Although morphine can be synthesized by an organic chemist, its is far cheaper and economical to retrieve morphine from opium. Opium comes from a type of flowering plant that contains several chemicals that are medically useful, morphine is one such chemical. There are various processes for isolating morphine from opium/poppy straw, but suffice to say, organic chemistry techniques are involved.


Why does your blood have no opium if you are taking opium?

opium is a latex mixture of alkaloids such as morphine, codeine and thebaine just to name a few. opium is therefore a mixture and when you take opium these drugs are metabolised into compounds such morphine. This means that if they gave you a blood test they would find morphine and other things on the same lines of that but not opium as opium is a mixture of drugs not an actual individual drug


Is morphine produced from opium?

yes


What is the plant of morphine?

Morphine is derived from opium, which is extacted from the Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum.


What is the primary active ingredient in opium?

The active ingredient in Opium is morphine and codine. and the part of the opium utilized for medical purposes are its latex from the Opium poppies. Holla at your boy Big Mike University of Houston Victoria.


Where does the drug morphine originate from?

Papaver somniferum (opium poppy, or simply opium)


What is the painkiller for opium poppy?

The active ingredient in opium poppy sap is morphine.


Is opium stronger than morphine?

No, morphine is stronger because morphine is the most potent chemical in opium. Codeine, thebaine, and a few other chemicals are also in opium, but they are weaker than morphine and thus weaken the whole compound. However, some people prefer the euphoria that opium provides over that of morphine' morphine euphoria has been described by some as a bit "flat".


What is extracted from opium for pain relief?

Morphine.