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Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants. Milky, sap-like opium is first removed from the pod of the poppy flower. This opium is refined to make morphine, then further refined into different forms of heroin. Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction. âHeroin cut me off from the rest of the world. My parents kicked me out.
Opioids come from the plant Opium Poppy, which is botanically known as Papaver somniferum. The plant was first cultivated around 3400 B.C. This plant is also found in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia and is referred to as the common garden poppy. Codeine is the second most abundant opium alkaloid consisting 2 percent of the dried sap. 2  Compared to morphine, codeine is more prevalent in the Iranian Poppy and is determined for its antidiarrheal usage. 3  It is also use to treat mild and severe pain and is commonly found as content in some cough medicines.