Skopje, Jul 26 (EFE).Skopje, Jul 26 (EFE). — The mere mention of opium poppies can bring to mind an international narcotics trade that moves billions of dollars in laundered narcodollars and condemned ...

Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in Moss Landing, Royal Oaks, and Aromas. The plants can be converted into heroin. Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in ...

Nine opium poppy flower fields have been found on the Central Coast this spring, including one discovered Tuesday in Watsonville. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies were called to a property on the ...

A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said the only ...

It is believed that mankind has been utilizing opium poppies for recreational and medicinal uses dating as far back as 7,000 B.C., according to a new book, "Opium: How An Ancient Flower Shaped And ...

Part 1. Opium in antiquity. The mysterious origins of the opium poppy ; Papyruses and poppies ; A journey around the Mediterranean. Part 2. Opium and the birth of modern medicine. Classic cures, ...

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

CLAREMONT, N.C. (AP) - A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 107, No. 9, SPECIAL ISSUE: Evolution & Development (June 2011), pp. 1557-1566 (10 pages) • Background and Aims The MADS-box transcription factor AGAMOUS (AG) is an important ...

An opium poppy field bust that is believed to be the largest in California history unfolded in Monterey County this month, the Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. Eight fields were found in Moss ...

ZHARI, Afghanistan -- It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan - the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as ...