1. Kinds Characteristics Medical Uses
Opium extracted from the seedpod opium poppy -relieves pain
(Papaver Somniferum) induce sleep relieves pain, and
anxiety
-produce gummy resin that yield narcotic effect.
Morphine -extracted from opium in 1805 and later synthesized
in its pure form
-sold as white powder in the drug market -pain killer
Also called M, Dereamer or Miss Emma
Codeine -produced form gum of opium -used as ingredient in cough
medicine
-Has much milder effect
-common street name
“School Boy”
Heroin -Synthesized from morphine -for acute pain
-commonly called as H, Horse ,Junk, Smack, Scag
-more powerful than morphine
-sold as white powder