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Opium of commerce made from poppy, is

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Latex
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Resin
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Tannin
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Gum
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Solution

The correct option is A Latex
Opium or poppy tears is a dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. It is made up of the alkaloid morphine which can produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and the illegal drug trade. So, the the correct answer is option A.

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