Q. Opium is a plant product obtained from which part of the plant?
Answer: Dried Latex
Notes: The opium poppy straw is harvested from cultivation of pharmaceutical entities, the liquid or dried sap (known as opium latex that is obtained by lancing the outer surface of poppy pods) is the starting material for the clandestine production of heroin. Poppy straw is derived when latex are fully mature and dried by mechanical means.

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