Re: OT Opium Poppies
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT Opium Poppies
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:22:42 -0600 (MDT)
Karin added:
<< They are classified as Papaver somniferum but the few time people in our
area had to go through the court system for growing other types of illegal
flowers, charges for growing these poppies were thrown out. >>
I reiterate, it would be good to read that article. Possesion or sale of the
seeds of Papver somniferum forms is not illegal, but growing the poppies is.
The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency required removal of the plants from the
restoration plantings at Monticello.
Anner Whitehead
henryanner@aol.com
