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Opiates Information

The term "opiate" refers to any deriviate or compound of Opium (including heroin, morphine, and codeine) the dried milky substance that oozes from the unripened seed pods of the poppy plant, also known as the opium poppy. Poppy (Papaver somniferum) is an annual herb originally indigenous to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, also widely cultivated in Central America and South America. Although there are more than twenty organic compounds found in opium, only a few contain properties that make them medically effective, including: [the unaltered substance] opium, morphine (the raw material from which heroin is obtained), and codeine. Opium is actually the least potent of the Opiates.

For centuries, opiates have been an important worldwide economic commodity and considered the preeminent medicine for relieving pain and causing sedation. In fact, there were no legal restrictions on opium in the United States until 1914. Throughout history, dry opium has been used to suppress coughs, alleviate muscle spasms, control bleeding, treat diarrhea, and as a narcotic, hypnotic, and as an aphrodisiac. Opium and the drugs derived from opium are physically addictive, tolerance-building, and capable of causing serious physiological damage (opiates actually bind to endorphin receptors in the brain, which causes changes in the central nervous system), and death.

As raw opium fluid is exposed to air, it dries, hardens, turns dark in color and becomes a clay-like mass. Today, pure opium is a very rare commodity in most parts of the world, including the United States. A bit more common is hashish (link to marijuana) that has been treated with opium (known as opiated hash ). Chunks of opiated hash are smoked from a marijuana pipe or from a pipe called a Chillum (especially in Eastern countries). Sometimes, the hash chunks are made into smaller pieces or crushed into a powder, mixed and smoked with other drugs (especially tobacco or marijuana) or are sometimes eaten, or turned into a liquid and injected.

Poppy seeds (can be white to almost black in color found today on bagels and other baked goods) and poppy seed oil, which come from the same poppy plant (after the pod has fully matured), are not narcotic and perfectly safe for human consumption although eating foods that contain poppy seeds can cause a positive urine test result for opiates (opium, morphine, and codeine) unless the test threshold is 2,000 or more nanograms per milliliter. The poppy seed/opiate false positive does not occur with hair analysis.


Opiates - Drug Abuse Resources

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Opiates - Drug Slang

American Nicknames: Aunti, Aunti Emma, Big O, Black hash (mixed with hashish (link to marijuana), Black Russian (mixed with hashish (link to marijuana), Black pill, Black stuff (mixed with heroin), black tar, Buddha... Learn more

Opiates - Drug Trivia

Poppy seeds and poppy seed oil come from the same poppy plant that opium comes from -- after the pod has fully matured. Eating foods that contain poppy seeds or poppy seed oil can cause a positive urine drug test result for opiates... Learn more

Opiates - History Other than Recreational

The Opium Poppy has been grown for more than six thousand years as a medicine (starting as a folk medicine), for the beauty of the flower, as well as for cooking. The Sumerians discovered the power of opium-based healing in lower... Learn more

Opiates - How is this Recreational Drug Used

As raw opium fluid is exposed to air, it dries, hardens, turns dark in color and becomes a clay-like mass. Today, pure opium is a very rare commodity in most parts of the world, including the United States. A bit more common is... Learn more

Opiates - Opiate Names and Types of Opiates

Codeine - Medication that is generally prescribed to relieve mild to moderate pain. Originally discovered as a naturally occurring constituent of opium, today's pharmaceutical-grade codeine is produced by methylating... Learn more

Opiates - Physical, Emotional, and Psychological Effects

All opiates, including opium, are very physiologically and somewhat psychologically addictive. Tolerance develops very rapidly, requiring more and more of the drug to reach the same high ; most people will feel absolutely no euphoric... Learn more

Opiates - Recreational Drug History

Opium and other poppy plant derivatives have the longest and richest history of all narcotics. The poppy plant (nicknamed joy plant ) was cultivated for opium by the Sumerians in lower Mesopotamia (now Iraq, more or less) as early... Learn more

Opiates Drug Test FAQ

Eating foods that contain poppy seeds or poppy seed oil, which come from the same poppy plant (after the pod has fully matured) can cause a positive urine test result for opiates (opium, morphine, and codeine) unless the test... Learn more
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