opiate
Opiates are drugs that come from an opium plant such as codeine, heroin, papaverine, thebaine and morphine. Morphine and heroin have the same chemical structure which means that morphine can show up as heroin in a urine test.
Poppy seeds are also an opiate that derives from the opium plant; these oil seeds come from the opium poppy and have been used through several civilizations over hundreds of years. Poppy seeds are used to make certain foods but they contain certain opiates such as morphine which have caused them to be used as sedatives as well. Poppy seed tea is a popular drink that people like because it gives a feeling of relaxation however, because it is relaxing people drink a lot more than recommended and end up overdosing on it. Poppy seed tea has a mixture of different opiates in them and the tea itself is sold out in the open in grocery stores. So when drinking this tea, be warned of it contain opiates.
When taking opiates there are different side effects one could have and these include slow breathing, labored breathing or not breathing at all, constipation, low blood pressure, spasms of the stomach, drowsiness, dizziness, coma and some physical or psychological dependence on it.
Opiates are a drug as much as everything else and morphine itself is the most highly addictive drug there is out there in which has been discovered. It can cause death through pulmonary edema. This is when the lungs fill up with fluid which then passes into the blood stream through the alveoli in the lungs. Several people who have had poppy seed tea have died this way. It can also happen from medically prescribed morphine patches when a person on them stays out in the sun to long.
Opiates can and do kill, if you or someone you know has become addicted to opiates get help today.
