Opium

Made from poppies. The basis for opiates such as;

• codeine (which is ultimately metabolised into morphine)
• heroin
• morphine

Also the basis for synthetic opiates (wrong name) such as;

• fentanyl.

Moderate to high abuse potential.

Effects of Use

Burdens

Drug Testing

Optium is not normally detected by typical drug testing.¹ ???

References

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Created: 2026-05-13

Last Updated: 2026-06-28

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1. Hadland SE, Levy S. Objective Testing: Urine and Other Drug Tests. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2016 Jul;25(3):549-65. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Mar 30. PMID: 27338974; PMCID: PMC4920965. ↩