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In this nature park in Germany, pink poppies are in bloom

Delicately fragrant, vibrantly colored, and rarely seen in Germany: The pink opium poppy is a natural spectacle that can only ...
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Opium how an ancient flower shaped and poisoned our world John H. Halpern, MD, and David Blistein

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, ...
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In defense of opium poppies

I was at a curator’s talk on the current show at the Ashmolean, Oxford’s art museum, yesterday. The exhibition is called In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World, and at the end there were some peppery ...
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Myanmar opium cultivation hit highest level in a decade, UN report says

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of ...