Humans have utilized plants in medicine for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Sumerians were the first to record ...

Many California natives require fire to germinate their seeds and so we could see some of them sprouting this winter and ...

and stems of opium poppy because they're poisonous. Only the seeds are edible. If you want poppies in different colors this ...

Poppy seeds, derived from the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum), are commonly used in various food products. However, their consumption can lead to the presence of opiate alkaloids ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground ...

Six acres of illicit poppy at hill range between Khoripok and Sehjang villages in Kangpokpi, Manipur were destroyed by ...

Assam Rifles, collaboration with local police and other security forces, destroyed around 35 acres poppy cultivation in TM Kasom hill range ...

Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #NYCinCrisis Send us questions for the Town Hall using the form on the right Opioids are a class of drugs naturally found in the opium poppy ...

They grow effortlessly from seed and are close relatives of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Be advised that any poppy species, if overly consumed, will produce narcotic, if not toxic ...