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Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. [4] 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 the illegal drug trade.
Opium is an American record label and rap collective founded in 2019 by American rapper Playboi Carti. [1] The label, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia , currently holds three acts all of whom are natives to the city; rappers Ken Carson , Destroy Lonely , and the duo Homixide Gang.
The Japanese manga series One-Punch Man contains a number of fictional characters created by One and illustrated by Yusuke Murata.The series follows a superhero named Saitama and his disciple Genos who join the Hero Association so they can be recognized as such when they fight various monsters and supervillains.
The Lord Of Opium is a 2013 science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer and is the sequel to the 2002 novel The House of the Scorpion. The book was first published on September 3, 2013, by Atheneum Books and follows the ongoing adventures of Matteo "Matt" Alacran.
Manchuria Opium Squad (Japanese: 満州アヘンスクワッド, Hepburn: Manshū Ahen Sukuwaddo) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsukasa Monma and illustrated by Shikako. It was serialized on Kodansha 's Comic Days app from April 2020 to September 2021, when it was transferred to Weekly Young Magazine .
Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy [2] or breadseed poppy, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens.
It is set in the future and mostly takes place in Opium, a country which separates Aztlán (formerly Mexico) and the United States. The main character, Matteo Alacrán, or Matt, is a young clone of a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón".
The main characters include Deeti, an ordinary village woman, an "octoroon" American sailor named Zachary Reid, an Indian rajah / zamindar called Neel Rattan Halder, and Benjamin Burnham, an evangelist opium trader. The story is set prior to the First Opium War, on the banks of the holy river Ganges and in Calcutta.