Although only three, NHK says his passion for plants began "at an even younger ... man panics and snitches on himself about $500 million opium poppy field The post Illegal opium poppy spotted ...

Today, we explore the complex story of the opium poppy—an ancient plant that has shaped human history in both beautiful and dangerous ways. From its colorful flowers and edible seeds to the potent ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden expands its collection of medicinal plants four-fold as scientists learn to harness their power.

Each capsule will yield opium only once by tapping. The tapping should be performed a few days after the flower has fallen ... of final success. The poppy will grow luxuriantly in almost any ...

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

Iran where much of the illegal poppy plants supplying the opium are grown. With the Iranians focusing on the supply, the western agents are focusing on the trafficking. Out of an unfortunate ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar ... “Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by,” he said in rural Pekon township of eastern ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile ... in the motivation to continue to grow opium.” “It’s very important for the ...

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 ...

The police had received a tip-off about the cultivation of opium in a large quantity amid flowers on the campus of World University of Design at Rai The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh ...

About 140 opium plants were discovered hidden among ornamental flowerbeds at Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts in Rohtak, Haryana. The police and the horticulture ...