When the poppy plants finish flowering about three months into the winter growing season, a farmer armed with a razor-sharp, thumb-scorer and a metal scraping pan can collect 300 grams of opium ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas man has been accused of growing thousands of poppies at his north-central Kansas home in order to manufacture heroin, authorities said Monday. A federal indictment ...

To identify that gene, Graham and colleagues from the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline in Australia introduced random mutations into hundreds of poppy plants, eventually finding three plants ...

Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of years, people used the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) for its ...

Opium is a highly addictive narcotic derived from the poppy plant, used historically for pain relief, but now mainly known for its role in producing drugs like morphine and heroin.

A poppy field was discovered in the central province of Cotopaxi in November 2011, while on March 23, the authorities destroyed 120,000 opium poppy plants, also in Chimborazo. According to the US ...

Heroin (and morphine, Oxycontin, Vicodin and the other real or synthetic opiates) all start with the juice of the poppy. Archaeological evidence hints that the Neanderthals might have “used” the poppy ...

How is the flood of heroin getting to Staten Island? Wikimedia Commons It all starts with an attractive flower Heroin originates in the seedpod of certain varieties of poppy plants. The opium ...

Officers conducted a search warrant at a large poppy plant grow operation in Catawba County, N.C., on May 23. (Video: WSOC) By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Cody Xiong cracked open his door, saw the ...

Poppy plants are used to create opium, which is used to make drugs such as heroin. It is illegal to grow poppy plants in North Carolina. Deputies estimate that the plants found near Claremont are ...

Undercover officers executed a search warrant Tuesday morning at a large poppy grow operation in Catawba County in western North Carolina. Breaking News Decatur Book Festival cancels 2023 event ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 43-year-old man has been charged with growing thousands of poppy plants near his north-central Kansas home in order to manufacture heroin. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister ...