1. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferous) :

This plant produces beautiful red and white flowers which mature into bolls. Incisions are made on the bolls through a process called lancing and latex oozes out and sticks to the surface of the boll exposure to atmosphere, the latex turns brownish to black, gummy and resinous and this substance is called the opium or opium gum.

2. Cannabis : This plant grows wild and is also illegally cultivated. The flowering tops of cannabis are called ganja. The resin produced by crushing the plant is called hashish or charas. Hashish oil is also produced through distillation. 3. Coca : The leaves of coca plant and the coca paste made from leaves are stimulating drugs. Thus opium, ganja, hashish, hashish oil, coca leaves and coca paste are natural drugs. SEMI-SYNTHETIC DRUGS  If natural drug is treated chemically to either isolate its active ingredient or to modify it, semi-synthetic drugs are produced.  Morphine, codeine, heroin, etc. are semi-synthetic drugs produce from opium.  Cocaine is a semi synthetic drug produced from coca plant. SYNTHETIC DRUG  Synthetic drugs are produced purely through chemical processes.  Amphetamines  Ecstasy  Diazepam  Methaqualone (mandrax)  Are some examples of synthetic drugs.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND COMMON EXAMPLE OF

NATURAL, SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC NARCOTICS, DRUGS

AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

NARCOTICS, DRUGS, PSYYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

 The term narcotic originally referred medically to any

psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing

properties.

 A drug or other substance that affects how brain works

and causes changes inn mood, awareness, thoughts,

feelings, or behavior are called psychotropic substance.

DRUGS THAT ARE ABUSED CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO :

 NARURAL DRUGS

 SEMI-SYNTHETIC DRUGS

 SYNTHETIC DRUGS

NATURAL DRUGS

1. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferous) :

This plant produces beautiful red and white flowers which mature

into bolls. Incisions are made on the bolls through a process called

lancing and latex oozes out and sticks to the surface of the boll.On

exposure to atmosphere, the latex turns brownish to black,

gummy and resinous and this substance is called the opium or

opium gum.

General Characteristics AND Common Example OF Natural

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