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

A $Roots$
B $Latex$
C $Flowers$
D $Leaves$

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"Smack" (Heroin) is chemically diacetylmorphine. It is extracted from the latex of the unripe seed capsules of the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum.

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

A

Roots

B

Latex

C

Flowers

D

Leaves

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