agnatha3141 writes in article m dated Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:55:36 GMT:
does anybody know for certain what kind of poppies are legal and what
kind are not in the us? i read in a past post that poppies are legal to
grow as long as you dont go making heroin from them, but is that
definately true?

i planted some poppy seeds, and it has been about four months. i think
that blooming time is near, and i dont want to get arrested. what is
the deal with poppies?

Poppies are legal even here in the US (origin of the drug war). Seeds are
legal too. In fact, George H.W. Bush failed a drug test when he was VP
under Reagan because he had eaten a poppyseed bagel that day.

The actions to produce opium are pretty specific. You have to slice open
the seed pod to make the plant produce a decent amount of latex. As long as
you don't do that, you're in no danger of arrest.

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