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Opium to Opioids — The Painkiller That Can Also Kill
When Medicine Becomes Monster
Where is Opium Manufactured?
Opium is produced from the flower of opium poppy plant. They grow best in warm and dry climates.
Most of the opium in the world is grown in parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand and parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
They are produced by cutting down the seed pods of the poppy plants in order to collect a sticky sap.
Further, this sap is dried and turned into raw opium. Isn't that so interesting!!
Here comes something very important. That is, some of this opium is used legally for manufacturing medicines.
However ,a lot of it is sold illegally to make drugs like heroin, even though it isn't supposed to!
How Are Opioids Manufactured?
Opioids can be made in two ways:
1. From Natural Opium :
Morphine and Codeine are very strong prescription painkillers. They are basically manufactured by processing raw…
