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opium  

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  • In the pharmaceutical industry, opium is derived from a natural substance extracted from the poppy plant and serves as the raw element for painkillers such as morphine and codeine. The illegal drug heroin, also a derivative of opium, is possibly the most addictive drug in the opiates family. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Opium]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NKQGGX5V-W

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