A resinous sap extracted from the bulb of the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum) that contains numerous alkaloids, the most important of which is morphine. When smoked or eaten, the processed opium resin induces a state of dreamlike euphoria. Taken repeatedly, opium is highly addictive.

The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, but only a few - MORPHINE; CODEINE; and PAPAVERINE - have clinical significance. Opium has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic.

an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

An analgesic and euphoriant drug acquired from the dried juice of the opium poppy” ( Levinthal, 95). The three major active ingredients in opium are morphine, codeine, and thebaine.

opiates such as heroin and morphine, and opioids such as codeine, hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone, and oxycodone (Percocet, Oxycontin)

the coagulated juice of the opium poppy. (Article 1, 1961 Convention). Opium is the air-dried latex obtained by scoring the unripe seed heads of opium poppy. It contains morphine, codeine and thebaine, and a variable mixture of other alkaloids including noscapine and papaverine.

A bitter, yellowish-brown, strongly-addictive naturally-occurring narcotic derived from the dried latex juice of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Source of morphine and heroin. Opium poppy is cultivated legally in India, Turkey, China, Commonwealth of Independent States (formally the Soviet Union), and Tasmania, Australia; and is cultivated illegally in Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Guatemala, Iran, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Pakistan, and Thailand.

An addictive narcotic drug derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy. Preparations of opium were called laudanum. Derivatives of laudanum include paregoric (a drug to treat diarrhea ), morphine and heroin . See the entire definition of Opium