No, it was definitely Papaver somniferum, opium poppy. Nobody was regulating markets in any way back when I was growing up behind iron curtain, heroin (same wit

No, it was definitely Papaver somniferum, opium poppy. Nobody was regulating markets in any way back when I was growing up behind iron curtain, heroin (same with all other modern drugs bar alcohol and nicotine) was literally unheard of. I had to explain to my parents what cannabis is (and grandpa thought I was growing hemp in my youth to make some clothing or backpack). We had maybe 30kg bag of dried poppy seeds for the winter, same as my grandparents and other friends and family, you can imagine how big the fields were. We used some of the seeds to plant next season, and this continued for decades within families, nobody was buying seeds back then. People were not so desperate to get high and escape reality, alcohol was enough. Probably the only advantage to life in communism, that and lack of organized crime.