Question

Which part of poppy plants is used to obtain the drug “Smack”?
A. Roots
B. Flowers
C. Leaves
D. Latex

Answer 1

Hint: It is a milky substance secreted by some plants whenever the plant is cut and coagulates when exposure to the air.

Complete Answer:
- Poppy is a flowering plant in the Papaveroideae subfamily of the Papaveraceae family. These plants are herbaceous, mostly cultivated because of their bright flowers.
- Papaversomniferum is a genus of poppy which is the source of the narcotic medication opium. These types of plants produce strong medical alkaloids like morphine and have been used since ancient times as a narcotic and analgesic medical and recreational substance. It also produces edible seed.
- After the trench war in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium, during World War I, poppies were a sign of the memory of the soldiers who died during the battle.
- Ancient Egyptian physicians would provide their patients with poppy seeds to relieve pain. Poppy seeds contain small doses of both codeine and morphine, which are pain-relieving medicines that are still available today.
- Poppy seeds and fixed oils can also be non-narcotic since when they are harvested around twenty days after the flower has opened, morphine is no longer accessible.
- Smack is another name for brown sugar or heroin. It is derived from the latex of the poppy plant. Latex is also known as untreated opium, which is dried and transformed into pure powder form.
- Morphine is derived from morphine latex, which decreases the bulk weight by 88%. It is then converted to heroin, which is almost twice as potent and raises the worth, by a similar amount. Decreased weight and bulk make it possible to smuggle.

Thus, the correct answer is option D i.e., Latex.

Note: Smack, also referred to as black tar heroin, is an illegal type of a powerful opioid drug. Heroin comes from a normal flowering plant called a poppy. However, the incredibly powerful effects that this medication causes in the body are anything but normal.