Some websites tout poppy seed tea as offering health benefits ... exempt from drug control under the Controlled Substances ...

Some consumers who illegally import opium poppy pods may use them to brew a “poppy tea,” consuming it for its narcotic, analgesic, antidiarrheal, or psychoactive effects, according to authorities.

However, other parts of opium poppies - from which poppy seeds ... or in an attempt to get high from the product. When brewed in a poppy tea, the seeds' opiate content becomes concentrated ...

Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following the US-led invasion in the wake of the September 11 ...

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Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...