drug money funding U.S. allies

[Michael Perelman]

I understand that the law says that you can grow the poppies unless you
know what they will be used for.

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 05:28:49PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> alex lantsberg wrote:
> 
> >where would one get the seeds?
> 
> Pretty much anywhere. Garden-variety poppies produce opiates. It's 
> illegal to grow them for this purpose, though.
> 
> A friend used to make a potent tea from dried poppies, which he got 
> from a retail shop in Manhattan's flower district. He was quite the 
> opiate connoisseur, too.
> 
> Not, of course, that I recommend doing any of this. It would be illegal.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
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