papaver

The field poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ), not the opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ), is used as a symbol on Remembrance Day.

It is legal to grow Papaver somniferum in the United States for garden and seed production purposes.

Interestingly, the wikipedia article for papaver somniferum includes the op version of the story, linking to op as a source.

In German the name for papaver somniferum is Schlafmohn, Schlaf being the German word for sleep.

I've always had an amateur historian bent when it comes to drug history, especially that of Papaver somniferum.

Every other country that grows Papaver Somniferum and processes it to opium is a target for military action to reduce the supply of illegal opiates.

The poppy that produces opium is the Breadseed Poppy Papaver somniferum.

I did some searching and couldn't find any primary sources that said growing Papaver somniferum in the United States is legal.

I understand papaver's statement is contrary to the article's assertion that the majority of heroin users are able to use in moderation.

No, it was definitely Papaver somniferum, opium poppy.

A very good childhood friend of mine has been growing small amounts papaver somniferum (opium poppies) in his back yard because it is much cheaper than prescription pain killers.

Derived from new genetics (not papaver somniferum).

In the original sentence, "contains morphine" is probably modifying "compound", not “poppy plant” --- "Opium" is the dried latex (milky fluid) that comes from the seed capsules of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).

E.g., a man was charged for importing 18kg of DMT when he ordered 18kg of Mimosa tenuiflora root bark online, as the bark isn't explicitly handled in law as a prohibited plant like Coca leaf (class C, far lower severity of sentencing) and Papaver somniferum (class B), so it falls through to the default of "any substance containing a class A controlled substance is also class A".

Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) got about the place quite a bit (according to archaeologists at least.

You can buy opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) plants in the US.

A similar story could be told about genus Papaver.