poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also known as a breadseed or ...

The ruling states the Controlled Dangerous Substances Act "does not distinguish between seeds that have different levels of ...

All charges have been dropped against a Tulsa couple who were accused of selling poppy seeds online to a woman who died.

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

The opium, which finds its way to European and American ... will answer well for its cultivation, and what quantity of seed will do for a given quantity of land. We see no reason to doubt, that ...

The bricks of opium that he wrapped in plastic and took to the market would pay for all the food his family needed. In addition, the farmer would use the seeds to make cooking oil and burn the ...

Poppy seeds come from the Papaver somniferum plant, which is also used to make drugs like opium and morphine. In fact, many drug tests are so sensitive to opiates that the U.S. Department of ...

By contrast, most small farmers were forced to turn their opium into cash immediately in order to recoup their outlays on seeds and fertilizer, and to feed their families. They have now lost a key ...

She checked her smartphone to find out the plant is an opium poppy called atsumigeshi ... system and diffuses large numbers of tiny seeds. Tokushima Prefecture conducts an annual campaign to ...

5. Poppies are needed to make morphine Morphine is created from the milky latex in the seed head of the opium poppy. For this reason, the poppy is featured on the Royal College of Anaesthetists ...

According to research, consumption of contaminated poppy seeds have been associated with “opium-like overdose symptoms, such as reduced consciousness and respiratory depression,” and death.

The federal charges allege that Brandon and Rachel McCarthy were operating an online site out of Tulsa that sold unprocessed poppy seeds, covered in opium latex, between June of 2017 to November ...