by 7News Staff TOPICS: STERLING, VA. (7News) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at Washington Dulles ...

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

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...

A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for illegally cultivating opium poppy on rented land, with police seizing plants and pods worth an estimated Rs 1.5 crore, officials said on Tuesday.

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On the United States Anti-Doping Agency website there is a page dedicated to poppy seeds that explains the seeds can be coated with or absorb a small amount of opium that could cause a positive ...

By contrast, most small farmers were forced to turn their opium into cash immediately in order to recoup their outlays on seeds and fertilizer ... took action against poppy cultivation in May ...