Vol. 3, Issue 1, Part L (2017)

Abstract
Opium is a highly addictive narcotic drug acquired from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Among the many problems present in connection on with opium addiction. The present study has undertaken effect of opium on the testis of albino rat. The experimental rats were orally feed with opium of constant dose i.e. 1.38gm /kg body weight for 10 and 15 days. The treated testis appearance of the spermatids in seminiferous tubules, partial brakeage of epithelium and vigorous damage of connective tissue, might be because of adverse effect of opium on reproductive capacity of the albino rat.