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It may be legal to grow opium poppies in the US for garden or seed purposes, just not for the processing into opium. https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/resou
by likpok 6y ago
It may be legal to grow opium poppies in the US for garden or seed purposes, just not for the processing into opium.
https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/resources/wp-resource_search.php?term=1382 https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/resources/wp-resource_s...
Michael Pollan also wrote an essay about it (I think taking a slightly stronger position).
- tptacek 6y agoI don't doubt it, but are they so common that I might walk by them in my own neighborhood? (I'm asking, I have no idea).
- steve_adams_86 6y agoYes, I still see them while walking around here in Victoria, BC. I have some seeds from a friend as well. They circulate and people grow them out of curiosity as well I guess. You’ve maybe seen them without realizing it.