For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species ...

Nine opium poppy flower fields have been found on the Central Coast this spring, including one discovered Tuesday in Watsonville. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies were called to a property on the ...

Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in Moss Landing, Royal Oaks, and Aromas. The plants can be converted into heroin. Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in ...

A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said the only ...

Part 1. Opium in antiquity. The mysterious origins of the opium poppy ; Papyruses and poppies ; A journey around the Mediterranean. Part 2. Opium and the birth of modern medicine. Classic cures, ...

Photoperiod is a major factor in flower development of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. 'album DC') which is a long-day plant. Predicting time to flower in field-grown opium poppy requires ...

Again, poppy flowers are weeds, technically, so it’s not uncommon to find them in fields out in the wild. But that’s also why they symbolize rebirth and resilience; they don’t die quickly and pretty ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war ...

It is believed that mankind has been utilizing opium poppies for recreational and medicinal uses dating as far back as 7,000 B.C., according to a new book, "Opium: How An Ancient Flower Shaped And ...

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several ...

Scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps in how the plant evolved to produce the pharmaceutical compounds used to make vital medicines. The discovery may ...