Poppy seed is so commonplace in Bengali cuisine – and held in such high regard – that I almost took a packet as a gift for my ...

The plants grow bigger, faster, use less water than seeds they’ve used before, and give up to double the amount of opium, they say. No one seems to know where the seeds originate from.

The plants grow bigger, faster, use less water than seeds they've used before, and give up to double the amount of opium, they say. No one seems to know where the seeds originate from.

Consuming tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds, which come from the plant that produces opium, can lead to grave outcomes, such as addiction, overdose and death. Westend61/Getty Images/File KFF ...

Poppy seeds can famously trigger a positive drug test, but can they actually get you high? ... However, it’s not the seed itself that contains opium, Swortwood explains, ...

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 ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum, which produces opium. Heroin and other opiates are derived from poppy plants, according to the University of Florida Health .

The unripe seed pods of the opium poppy plant hold a milky substance. People make cuts in the pods to let the substance drain out. It’s then scraped and dried, producing illegal opium.

These days, I think one kilo opium might be [$2,000 - $2,500] or even higher. It depends on the daily market. It goes up and down. NARRATOR: The farmers say they would all grow opium again if they ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning to alternative crops are discovering that many no longer grow easily here because of the impact of ...

The Opium Poppy Control Act of 1942 tried to prevent Americans from growing poppies altogether, but it was difficult to enforce, and the act was repealed in 1970.

It finds the seeds of today’s global opium crisis in colonial strategy — and free trade — in the East. Image. Ghosh begins his investigation with tea. By the 18th century, ...