Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with ...

Nine opium poppy flower fields have been found on the Central Coast this spring, including one discovered Tuesday in Watsonville. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies were called to a property on the ...

WEBVTT DETAILS. FELIX: MANY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, -- FOR MANY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY’RE ENCOUNTERING POPPY FIELDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OPIATES, IT’S A NEW PROBLEM THE SHERIFF ...

A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said the only ...

An Australian flower farmer was shocked this week when her bed of pretty pink poppies resulted in a visit from the local drug task force. Kate Dixon lives in Tasmania, Australia, and has been growing ...

It is believed that mankind has been utilizing opium poppies for recreational and medicinal uses dating as far back as 7,000 B.C., according to a new book, "Opium: How An Ancient Flower Shaped And ...

Part 1. Opium in antiquity. The mysterious origins of the opium poppy ; Papyruses and poppies ; A journey around the Mediterranean. Part 2. Opium and the birth of modern medicine. Classic cures, ...

Scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps in how the plant evolved to produce the pharmaceutical compounds used to make vital medicines. The discovery may ...