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Heroin is obtained from the plant of

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Poppy
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Tobacco
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Datura
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Cannabis
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Solution

The correct option is A Poppy
Poppy is a flowering plant belonging to the family Papaveraceae. Heroin is an opiate obtained from the resin of the poppy plant. This opium obtained from the pod of the poppy flower is refined to make morphine which is further refined to make different forms of heroin. It is used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.
Thus the correct answer is option A.

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