Question

What is opium ?
Where it is used ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Opium is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver ... Opium was used with poison hemlock to put people quickly and painlessly to death, but it was also used in medicine.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Opium is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for illegal drug trade.