Find the drug from the options given below, which is extracted from the latex of Papaver somniferum ?

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Opioids are drugs that bind to specific opioid receptors present in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Heroin, commonly called smack, is chemically diacetylmorphine. It is a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound. Smack is obtained by the acetylation of morphine, which is extracted from the latex of the poppy plant Papaver somniferum . Hashish and Charas are cannabinoids obtained from the inflorescences of the plant Cannabis sativa . LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) is extracted from the