Opium/Morphine (DEA, 2020)

Question 1

Opium is the liquid ‘latex’ from poppy seed pods (contains 12% morphine).

Answer 1

Dried latex can be smoked or eaten

Question 2

Morphine extracted from the latex

Answer 2

Oral ingestion or injection

Relatively lipophobic (only 20% reaches the CNS)

Streetnames: Dreamer, Emsel,
Morph(o), mister blue

Used in pain relief

Question 3

Codeine – from opium which contains 0.5%