Growing poppies legal?

[Ignoramus12481]

Now that we have a nice garden and orchard, one plant I am thinking abou tplanting is poppies, because they are cute. Is it legal?

[Brigitte J.]

I can't imagine it being illegal. It is the state flower for California.

Brigitte

[Roy]

I have always been told its a certain species of Poppy that is used to produce the drugs, that in general it would be hard or impossible to do with the variety found in most countries. Any truth in that? Visit my website:

expressed are those of my wifes, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy.

[Brian]

[escapee]

Don't ask people here, we are all filled with misinformation.

[Cereus-validus]

Why do you ask?

Are you intending to grow opium poppies and go into the heroin trade?

Which poppies is it of which you inquire?

[Cereus-validus]

The California poppy is not a true poppy, you stoner, but it is in the same family.

[The Independent]

The only poppy that is illegal that I know of is the species Papaveraceae, Papaver Somniferum L. native to southeastern Europe and western Asia. Opium is gathered from the immature seed pods a week or so after flowering. The pods are cut with a knife and the latex sap is collected for the opium. Supposably the fully developed seeds are not narcotic but recent tests have proven that to be false. Very sensitive urine tests have detected the opium component of the seeds.

In fact it is now know that all poppies will produce opium though in much smaller amounts than the Papaver Somniferum.

Poppies are not illegal to be grown in the United States however the seed and the plant of Papave Somniferum has been banned for import.

The Independent

"Brigitte J." wrote:

[The Independent]

A stone foxx???

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[Ignoramus12481]

I know that in Russia, drug addicts make soup out of poppies. Very bitter, but supposedly gives a high.

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[Ignoramus12481]

do not want to go to prison

not really, i have not ever taken any recreational drugs

I have some poppy seeds in my pantry, I do not even know if they are still alive. I put some on a wet paper towel, will see if they are dead or not.

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[Brigitte J.]

I've been called a lot of things in my life, but stoner was never one of them.

Brigitte

California.

[paghat]

I think he meant to say "rock hound."

-paghat the ratgirl

[Brigitte J.]

What is a rock hound?

[Winston §mith]

Many species, only a few make drugs.

Remember they put poppy seeds on bread rolls. Obviously legal.

If meat isn't available, seeds are one of the four sources of complementry protein (grain, legume, seeds & nuts, dairy. You might grow the kind used in baking if you think they are pretty enough.

-- W§ mostly in m.s -

[H Hornblower]

I have seen seed catalogs where seeds for opium type poppies were marked banned for sale in US. Later I saw a listing on ebay for opium poppy seeds which the seller claimed were US legal.

[paghat]

Someone who loves rocks. I've got 'em all over the garden -- huge hunks of petrified wood, jasper, black jade, regular ol' rocks with interesting shapes, flagstones, ooo, rocks!

-paggers

[Breezy]

Realy, On Ebay. I love poppies, and would love to grow large opium poppies.

[Breezy]

Those poppy seeds in your pantry may be opium poppy seeds. To be US legal they roast them before import. Are they black? roasted. or brown? unroasted, probably very old.

[Cereus-validus]

Now we have definite proof she is stoner and not a rock hound.

A stoner is a term for a recreational herb abuser. At least I didn't call you a dead head!!