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In short, yes. With poppy seeds you can grow the opium poppy plant but, that will not give you opium right away. Once the plant has grown you must extract the opium from the poppy in order to have raw opium. Note: you must have special seeds and I'll leave it at that.
It should be noted that while many governments may allow the growing of any poppies when done in a way that's obviously only ornamental, that any attempt to actually harvest opium, even a tiny amount, from poppies is a felony in the United States and many other countries.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoPoppy seeds themselves do not contain opiates. They may have some amount of opiates on the surface on them, rubbed off from the pod that contains them, but the pod itself is where the vast majority of opiates reside.
Up until about 10 years ago, many culinary poppy seeds were not really washed and so would sometimes contain a significant amount of opiate dust on them. More recently, however, most major providers of culinary poppy seeds wash their seeds to dramatically reduce the amount of opiates left on the surface of the seeds.
As far as varieties go, papaver somniferum (aka the opium poppy) is the primary source of opiates. The breadseed poppy, which provides culinary poppy seeds, is one subspecies of that species of papaver somniferum but there are many others selected either for their beauty of concentration of opiates. The breadseed poppy does produce opiates, but other sub-species are generally used when dedicated explicitly for opiate production. The current varieties being used in Afghanistan can produce over twice as much opium per plant as compared to something like the breadseed poppy.
Other varieties of genus papaver include papaver bracteatum, which produces a non-narcotic opiate called thebaine, and the popular papaver orientale, which can produce some opiates depending on the sub-species but in much smaller concentrations than papaver somniferum does. There are also many other types of poppies that produce no opiates at all, including the California poppy.
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∙ 8y agoI'm guessing you're trying to grow poppies. You can find order them on the internet. Just do a search for "papaver somniferum seeds" and you'll find some sites. Some hardware/gardening stores sell them, but they're somewhat uncommon in real world retail stores.
If you just want the seeds to make poppy seed tea, you can find them at bulk food stores for about $3 a pound. These may not grow if you plant them in the ground as some of them have been sterilized (but not all are). If you try to use seeds to make poppy seed tea, be very careful with dosage as potency fluctuates greatly, and be aware that at least in the U.S. most major providers of poppy seeds now wash the seeds, removing most of the opiate dust on the surface that would be the only source of opium from seeds - there is no opium inside of the seeds.
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∙ 7y agoOpium poppy seeds, of course.
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∙ 9y agoOpium poppies of course.
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Why grow it when you can just get poppy seeds from the store, has to be natural food stores cause they usually sell poppy seeds by the ounce in bags. Then make poppy seed tea! Totally legal! But be careful, making a batch could be very strong and you could OD. Sip the tea slowly and when effects hit, then stop drinking tea.
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Where does poppy seeds come from?
Poppy seeds come form England.
Where can you find opium?
Buy a bag of poppy seeds at the grocery store. the ones for cooking... they are papaver somniferum: opium poppy. they fertilize the seeds but in a bag of about 2.5 million, one or two usually get past fertilization. just gotta dump em out onto soil. good luck
What meal do you eat poppy seeds?
opium Using poppy seeds in foods such as bagels, etc are now not counted by your doctor as opiate use due to the level of result from a urine/lab test (from a gas chromatograph). Unfortunately, large use such as the "poppy seed, Pineapple Juice with bromalain formula" will test as morphine use. This will elininate you from any opiod regime your doctor is treating you with!
Where to buy poppy seeds hot dog buns in Houston tx?
Usually a grocery store or market would carry those items...
Can opium incense make you high?
No opium "incense" can not get you high. Your best bet is to buy a few bottles of spice rack poppy seeds and either do a simple water extraction and let it evaporate to yield a smoke-able substance or eat the seeds, or drink the tea. the incense will harm your lungs, severely. sources...bluelight, mycotopia, drugs-forum, wikipedia, google and merck maual 14th edition.
How was tea connected to the opium trade and the Opium War of 1839?
British merchants carrying no opium would buy tea in Canton on credit, and would balance their debts by selling opium at auction.
Is it legal to buy poppy pods in the US?
There is nothing illegal about buying the seeds, growing the poppies yourself, or purchasing dried poppy pods directly from craft stores or sellers online. The point where it becomes illegal is when a person does something with the INTENT to utilize the opium. That means it's perfectly fine to have popaver somniferum growing in your garden, but the moment you score the heads to extract the opium it's illegal. You can own the dry pods but the moment you grind them up to make poppy "straw" it becomes illegal.Poppies (Papaver somniferum) are specifically scheduled under U.S. Law. The U.S. Controlled substances act, schedule ll lists "Opium poppy and poppy straw" as a psychoactive narcotic.There is some (actually much) confusion in the law, because opium-producing poppies are widely grown all around the US and Canada and the opium poppy seeds are present in cooking, breads, and deserts. The grey-blue poppy seeds sold in virtually every grocery store in the US contain low levels of opiates (not at psychoactive amounts when used in cooking). Poppy pods are widely used in dry flower arrangements in every state and available at all craft shops.Law enforcement in the US is somewhat inconsistent about these plants, there are continual attempts to try to stop them from being sold or grown and If poppies are grown as sources for opiates, there is no question that it violates the CSA. If poppies are purely grown for ornamental purposes, their legal position is somewhat less clear cut, since they are so widely grown and available. Any good lawyer would probably have pictures of Poppies growing in both the arresting officers garden and on the presiding judges backyard not to mention the sale of such plants in every garden center across the U.S.A.
Where can you get opium?
Well, Opium is used to make marijuana. It originated from United Statess!!!!!!! Its only grown in United States, and only sold in United States No. Opium comes from poppies, usually the opium poppy, Papaver somniferium, from the Middle East, Mexico, Asia, etc. Marijuana comes from Cannabis sativa, which is also grown in many countries. Both opium and marijuana have been in use for centuries, and both were around being bought and sold long before the US was ever thought of.
Why is Heroin cheaper in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is the world's leading producer of poppy (not poopy), the main and most important ingredient in heroin. Poppy seed is the nation's largest export and is a yearly 4 billion dollar business, the biggest agricultural market in Afganistan. With such high supply of poppy seeds, the legalization of its sales (the poppy seed) in Afganistan, and the low expectations of profits for poppy seeds by the farmers due to competition with others and the country's overall poor living condition, poppy seed is sold realatively cheap in Afganistan. It can also be noted that since most countries forbid the use, distribution, possession, and trafficing of poppy seeds, the only people who will buy poppy seed are heroin producers, users, and drug-dealers which add up to a realatively small amount of people even on an international level. Adhering to basic economic concepts, when there is a small demand for a product and a large supply, that product's price will be much cheaper, as it is in Afganistan.
How do you plant poppy seedlings?
buy the packet that says poppy seedlings and then read the instructions
Where do you buy poppy pods in sc?
They can be purchased at Walmart.
Do the poppy seeds that you buy in the grocery store contain THC?
yes they do indeed. A new discovery in the medical field has shown us that there are trace amounts of THC in some yet not all poppy seeds. I am a med student studying in pharmaceutical field. Despite the many misconceptions saying otherwise i assure you (through years of research) it is proven that poppy seeds can contain THC.
