Four people are facing drug charges after police say a field of 60,000 opium poppy plants was discovered and then destroyed ...

With their papery petals and clear, bright colors, oriental poppies (Papaver orientale) are among the most recognizable plants in the poppy species. Unlike corn poppies and California poppies, these ...

The Edmonton Police in Canada busted a massive poppy plantation site hidden behind a residence in the city and charged four Indian-origin men. The pol.

EDMONTON – Police have charged four people after 60,000 opium poppy plants were found growing in a field behind a home on the ...

Poppy seeds are an essential ingredient in many parts of Europe, as well in Bengali cuisine, and in Pakistani kopta, are derived from the dried seed pods of the poppy plant. The seeds themselves don’t ...

Police have charged four people in connection to an opium poppy bust, which they say is worth between $160,000 and $500,000.

University of Calgary researchers have found how specific genes inside the poppy plant produce the painkilling power of drugs like codeine and morphine that are derived from the flower. And by ...

CBP officers bagged this 141-pound load of opium poppy pods on February 19. (Photo: CBP) It must be harvest season after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a combined 257 ...

Richard Holbrooke announced in Rome on Saturday that the U.S. will shift anti-poppy efforts in Afghanistan away from destroying crops and toward supporting alternatives. How easy is it to grow poppy?