Opium syrup is made by combining 97.5 part sugar syrup with 2.5 parts opium extract. The most commonly used drug for recreational purposes created from opium is heroin. Bennington started abusing alcohol, marijuana, opium, cocaine, meth, and LSD. They led a wild, vagabond-like life spiced by absinthe, opium and hashish. The primary source of morphine is isolation from poppy straw of the opium poppy. Diamorphine is produced from acetylation of morphine derived from natural opium sources. It was the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy. Helena's health was not robust, and she was addicted to the drugs opium and laudanum. Opiate is a term classically used in pharmacology to mean a drug derived from opium. Use of the opium poppy antedates written history. The region is a major producer of Mexican opium and marijuana. She may have sought relief by smoking opium and tobacco. Few effective drugs existed, beyond opium and quinine. He forbade prostitution, gambling and the sale of opium and morphia. British exports of opium to China increased greatly.