Category:Works about opium

Works about opium, dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.[1] Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.

  1. ^ "Opium definition". Drugs.com. Retrieved February 28, 2015.