Poppy plant?

Question: in my class health class we need to do a project on any drug and i chose the poppy plant and to give a brief overview of the drugs you can derive from it. i got alot of information already but i just need to know if the poppy is a drug in itslf, as in when smoke without being treated you can still get an effect. also is there any states where the poppy is legal and what drug classification is it(a,b,c) mostly need info on opium, there more than enough info out there for heroin, for that second answerer...cocain comes from the cocao plant not poppy

Answer: When the seed pods are just right, farmers thinly cut down the pod and the resulting sap is extreted and collected. This is then dried and is called opium. It not the poppy that is considered the drug but the chemical in the sap is extretes before refined opiates such as morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine are extracted from said sap.

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