The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with its outlaw family. Opium poppies are grown for their edible seeds and for pharmaceutical uses. The type that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three men were arrested in Spain last month for allegedly shipping dried opium poppy capsules by mail across Spain and to the ...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police announced Saturday they arrested three men on suspicion of shipping dried opium poppy capsules by mail across Spain and abroad, including to the United States. The three ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport recently intercepted a massive ...

Three men were arrested in Spain last month for allegedly shipping dried opium poppy capsules by mail across Spain and to the United States. The Spanish Civil Guard said Saturday that the three men ...

CBP officers bagged this 141-pound load of opium poppy pods on February 19. (Photo: CBP) It must be harvest season after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a combined 257 ...