"Turkish Opium For Britain- the USE of Opium in British Medicine, UK, 1943" In a locked room, somewhere in Britain, a female laboratory worker fills a glass phial with morphine. The opium from which this morphine was extracted has been imported by the Ministry of Health from Turkey. The extraction process is kept secret and the final produce, in liquid form, is supplied in phials containing 1.1cc to hospitals and first aid posts.