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Can you make opium from California poppies?
No. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) contains different alkaloids than the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Therefore, an extract of the California poppy would not exhibit the same...
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Is there opium in California poppies?
No, California poppies do not contain the narcotic alkaloids found in the opium poppy. Although there are unrelated compounds in California poppies that may have a mild psychoactive effect, these are...
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What is the California poppy?
a golden Orangey flower similar to a butter cup, the California golden poppy is classified as an opiate. Rumor has it that it is illegal to harvest them in California. The reason being that a low...
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Are the opium poppy and the poppy you wear on remberance day the same?
No, the opium poppy (principally grown in Afghanistan and points further east) is not the same variety as you will find in Flanders' fields. The seeds which are used to make opium are found in only...
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Is the Opium Poppy endangered?
Papaver somniferum is hardly endangered! The world's pharmaceutical industry depends on the raw opium from this plant for manufacturing the plethora of narcotic drugs widely available throughout the...