Pride Mountain Formation-Medium to dark-gray shale, containing one to three units of a variable combination of sandstone and limestone in the lower part; locally contains rare interbeds of dusky-red and greenish-gray mudstone.loyd Shale-Dark-gray shale, sideritic in part; thin beds of sandstone, limestone and chert are locally present; beds of partly bioclastic, partly argillaceous limestone are abundant in parts of Calhoun and Cherokee Counties.
Legal status in the United States Opium is a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act. Most opioids are Schedule II, III, IV, or V drugs. Some drugs that are derived from opium, such as heroin, are Schedule I drugs. Common places of origin The poppy plant, Papaver somniferum, is the source of opium.It was grown in the Mediterranean region as early as 5,000 B.C., and has since been cultivated in a number of countries throughout the world.verview. Opium is a highly addictive non-synthetic narcotic that is. extracted from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The opium. poppy is the key source for many narcotics, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
Heroin Facts. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring opiate extracted from the seedpod of certain varieties of poppy plants. The opium poppy has been cultivated for more than five thousand years for a variety of medicinal uses. Heroin was first synthesized from morphine in 1874. Mexican black tar heroin, however, is usually injected (once dissolved) or smoked because of its consistency. 2  Like other opiates, heroin is a sedative drug that slows body functioning. 3  People who use it describe a feeling of warmth, relaxation and detachment, with a lessening sense of anxiety.