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

There are two main uses for the opium poppy. It is a source of the opiates used in painkillers, the most biologically active of which are morphine and codeine. Its seeds are also used for cooking ...

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and ...

Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine are derived. During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium ...

The legal production of opium uses a different method called the poppy straw process. It’s done by extracting chemicals called alkaloids from dried, mature poppy plants. Opium vs. heroin Opium ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man was arrested in Fresno after police reported finding illegally owned firearms and multiple opium poppy plants and marijuana plants. The Fresno Police ...

Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). These kidney-shaped, speck-sized dried seeds have no narcotic ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was down sharply last year, according to the United Nations and private sources, but the plants are being grown in most provinces despite a ban imposed by ...