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opium poppy

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southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium

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Herb robert, rose bay willow herb, corn poppy and opium poppy can all appear without any help from us. Source: Internet

However, as the UNODC has warned, 2017’s record level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan will “create multiple challenges for the country.” Source: Internet

The militancy-battered Afghanistan produced 4,800 tons of opium poppy in 2016 against 3,300 tons produced in 2015, according to a joint survey of Afghan Ministry for Counter-Narcotics and United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC). Source: Internet

In its quest for respectability, it successfully destroyed the opium poppy fields, earning the praise of US President GW Bush in spring 2001. Source: Internet

In 1993 the Laos government set aside 21 percent of the nation's land area for habitat conservation preservation. citation The country is one of four in the opium poppy growing region known as the " Golden Triangle ". Source: Internet

The story explores how Detzer would go about acquiring dried opium poppy pods from flower shops and wild gardens in the Pacific Northwest to feed his opium addiction. Source: Internet

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