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Latex is a natural ingredient that comes from rubber trees in the form of a milky liquid. There are thousands of species of plants that produce different types of latex, including the Chicle tree that yields the raw material for producing the rubbery material in chewing gum.
Opium is a black sticky tar. The latex or sap that can be harvested from certain species of Poppy plants. It contains over a dozen drugs. By making a few slight scrapes around the mature seed pod, the white latex will beging to drain.