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- From: djh@osc.edu (David Heisterberg)
- Subject: Re: poppies
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.181308.22299@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Usenet News Poster)
- Organization: The Ohio Supercomputer Center
- References: <1993Jan2.062603.14794@fuug.fi>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:13:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.062603.14794@fuug.fi> an4350@anon.penet.fi writes:
- >Does anyone know if commonly available varieties of poppies will produce
- >usable quantities of opium?
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- You mean poppies like California, Icelandic, or Oriental? Zero, nothing,
- nada. But depending on where you live, Papaver somniferum is available.
- I used to grow them. And unless you want to put a lot of work into it,
- even those don't produce usable quantities of opium!
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