This plant might look harmless - but it’s dangerously addictive. In this video, we dive into the history, effects, and ...

Opium is a highly addictive narcotic derived from the poppy plant, used historically for pain relief, but now mainly known for its role in producing drugs like morphine and heroin.

In 2013, a 40-acre opium poppy farm was shut down in Washington State after an undercover agent caught the owner claiming to sell 500 pounds of dried poppy a month.

To nobody’s surprise, poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum.This variety, also known as a breadseed or opium poppy, has been cultivated and used by ...

Opium poppy and Thunberg's fleabane depicted in a woodblock print by Kono Bairei, 1900. (Florilegius/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Review by Becca Rothfeld ...