Topic: poppy (71 articles)

Description: Papaver somniferum is a annual that with brilliant white or red flowers growing on a central bulbous pod. When scratched, the pod produces a milkly latex called opium. This latex contains a variety of opiates including codeine and morphine. It has a long history of use in Asia and Europe. (Papaveraceae, Papaver, somniferum)

Hidden in plain sight; Poppy fields, the financial lifeblood of ...
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(Canada) Only 8000 hectares out of a potential 193000 hectares of opium-producing poppy were eliminated by forced eradication in 2007. (Mon May 12 03:20:25 2008 PDT)

Afghanistan: More provinces poppy-free, but opium production still ...
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(Europe) Opium production still high The government's ongoing battle to eliminate opium production has had partial success in 2008 in that there are now about 20 provinces in the north. (Mon May 12 01:49:35 2008 PDT) [also irinnews.org4623]

Drug Smuggling As Main Source of PKK Terrorism
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(Germany) Some claims that Turkey is one of the transit countries of the drug trafficking. (Sun May 11 22:48:35 2008 PDT)

Poppy fields, the financial lifeblood of the Taliban, hide in ...
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(Canada) Only 8,000 hectares out of a potential 193,000 hectares of opium-producing poppy were eliminated by forced eradication in 2007, according the country's opium survey. (Sun May 11 20:19:08 2008 PDT)

Paging Dr. Killmore
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(Canada) "Just pump them full of Demerol. Man facing hard core drug charges (Sun May 11 17:35:26 2008 PDT)

Man facing hard core drug charges
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(Canada) Schedule-1 drugs are known as dangerous and highly addictive drugs. (Sun May 11 17:19:47 2008 PDT)

Panacea for pain
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(Malaysia) He will die of crying if I don t give him opium. Afghanistan is the world s largest opium producer and exporter but most people tend to forget that it is also a huge narcotics consumer. (Sun May 11 16:20:02 2008 PDT)

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Links

• http://www.erowid.org/plants/poppy/

Concept definition

• poppy