[unspun]

That's where you're wrong. Narcotics are pain-relieving, sleep-inducing, physologically addictive drugs that come from opium, opium derivatives, or the laboratory. Narcotics include opium, morphine, codeine, thebaine, heroin, hydromorphone, meperidine or Pethidine, methadone, Darvon, or Lomotil.

narcotic

adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor" 2: inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" [syn: narcotizing] 3: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: soporiferous, soporific] n : a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

[Hemingway's Ghost]

narcotic

adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics;

I see you've learned to read a dictionary. To bad you haven't yet figured out how to engage your brain.

[MrLeRoy]

From the National Institute on Drug Abuse web site: "Opiates are made from opium, a white liquid in the poppy plant. They're also referred to as narcotics."

More from NIDA: "we do not suppose that the epidemiology of heroin and other narcotics encompasses the epidemiology of all drug use"