codeine

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Customs agents in Philadelphia nabbed six bottles containing more than a gallon of the opioid codeine, Customs and Border Protection announced Friday.

From Washington Times

It is a source of the opiates used in painkillers, the most biologically active of which are morphine and codeine.

From Salon

The off-duty officer also noted there appeared to be several bottles of “Lean” in the car, which is the street name for a liquid drink made of codeine and promethazine.

From Washington Post

The Department of Defense testing regime differentiates between the presence of codeine or morphine from seeds and the same presence from drug use.

From Washington Times

Poppy seeds do not contain opiates, but when they are harvested, they can be contaminated by the morphine, codeine and thebaine that are in a fluid that oozes from the plant.

From New York Times