Poppies contain opiates like ... opium. The medicinal value of the plant - for treating coughs and conditions involving the ...

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 ...

Notice it specifically states on poppy seeds versus in poppy seeds. Poppy seeds do not contain opium or opiate alkaloids. The milky extract of the seed pod contains the opiate alkaloids. These ...