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Which part of poppy plant is used to obt...

Which part of poppy plant is used to obtain the drug Smack ?

A

Leaves

B

Roots

C

Latex

D

Flowers

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C
Heroin commonly called smack is chemically diacetylmorphine which is white, odourless. This is obtained by acetylation of morphine which is extracted from the latex of poppy plant Papaver somniferum.
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