HEROIN

Heroin is derived from opium.  The opium poppy comes in two colors, purple and white.  When the petals fall the opium is ready for harvest.  The farmer cuts a groove in the poppy pod, and overnight the raw opium oozes from the poppy in small drops.

The farmer rings each poppy pod with his finger to collect the opium and then scrapes the raw opium from his finger into a can hung about his neck.  It takes nearly a thousand poppies to produce one pound of raw opium.

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