The single white poppy, or rather the poppy, with white seeds, is generally considered the true opium plant. When the capsules are about half grown, or three or four days after the flower has ...

FARAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In fields less than a 10 minute drive from the intelligence headquarters of Afghanistan's remote western province of Farah, farmers are planting their first illegal ...

They used opium for medicinal as well as ritualistic purposes. The California poppy is the state flower of California. This golden poppy grows wild throughout the state and is known as “the ...