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Can Poppy Seeds Make You High Botanists have studied poppy seeds for the last two centuries, however, these plants are known from ancient times. The most famous member of this large papaver family is without any doubts, papaver somniferum poppy. And in particular this poppy gains its fame when its medicinal properties are discovered. We can state that this plant has its origins in Mid Eastern countries and some places In Asia. Greek and Romans knew about these properties and used papaver somniferum poppies as a remedy because it’s a sleep inducer, and also has analgesic and anesthetic properties. Why? Because this beautiful plant produces a milky and sticky substance, very similar with latex, called Opium. And it is which is present in almost all the plant, with the exception of the seeds. Opium contains several alkaloids, among them and the most important of all is morphine. We all know this is a powerful painkiller, which has been used since hypodermic needle invention helped medicine for the application of certain drugs. And this is the case of morphine. It’s very helpful for those people who are suffering from cancer, and degenerative diseases, which affect tissue, bone and muscle, causing terrible pain. But the frequent use of morphine also leads to dependency. From morphine, it was also extracted a more dangerous and powerful substance, which was thought to replace morphine and avoid the dependency side effects of it. But the truth is that this new compound is even more addictive. We are talking about heroin. Heroin and morphine together spread soon among young junkies and became an easy exit from reality for many users, but also became a huge health problem for the society. The abuse of morphine and heroin commonly causes deep coma and also death. And this is the reason why the cultivation of papaver somniferum is prohibited worldwide and controlled in small scale harvesting by the governments. However, laws and controls have not been enough to stop the demand of these drugs and the illegal plantations are present in several countries, and heroin is still being commercialized through the black market. Another important alkaloid obtained from opium is codeine, also useful as a treatment for respiratory affections. As said before, opium is present just in the papaver somniferum poppy plant, and all the hundred of varieties of poppies DO NOT produce opium. Papaver somniferum poppy seeds, DO NOT contain opium or it’s alkaloids, and neither the seeds of all the papaver family species. So if the question is: Can poppy seeds make you high? The answer is an absolute NO. There are a lot of weird stories on the Internet written by people that is always looking for recreational experiences through the use of soft drugs and by taking herbs and mushrooms known by their hallucinogen and psychedelic properties, who may dare to recommend recipes of strange beverages and brews made from opium and papaver’ seeds; claiming this will cause a high experience if you drink them, however, there is not scientific evidence that proves this can be true and therefore, to believe these stories.

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