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In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Home Office]] has granted pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith a licence to harvest the poppies, and now they are being grown as a [[cash crop]] by [[English]] farmers in [[Oxfordshire]], [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]] to combat a critical shortage of morphine in [[National Health Service]] hospitals.<ref>'''Phillips, Rhodri and Wigmore, Barry''' ''The painkilling fields'' [http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/mail_on_sunday/home.html?in_page_id=1964 Mail on Sunday]] July 15 2007; accessed july 16 2007</ref> Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of opium poppy-based medicines, which are on the [[World Health Organisation's|World Health Organisation's]] list of essential medicinal drugs. | In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Home Office]] has granted pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith a licence to harvest the poppies, and now they are being grown as a [[cash crop]] by [[English]] farmers in [[Oxfordshire]], [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]] to combat a critical shortage of morphine in [[National Health Service]] hospitals.<ref>'''Phillips, Rhodri and Wigmore, Barry''' ''The painkilling fields'' [http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/mail_on_sunday/home.html?in_page_id=1964 Mail on Sunday]] July 15 2007; accessed july 16 2007</ref> Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of opium poppy-based medicines, which are on the [[World Health Organisation's|World Health Organisation's]] list of essential medicinal drugs. | ||
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Revision as of 10:19, July 16, 2007
| Opium poppy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Division Information | |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Ranunculales |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Papaveraceae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Papaver |
| Species Information | |
| Species | P. somniferum |
| Binomial name | Papaver somniferum |
| Population statistics | |
The Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum "the sleep-bringing poppy") is used in the manufacture of opiates such as morphine, and codeine, while its seeds are used as a food item, often sprinkled on baked goods. It is also grown in some European countries as a purely ornamental plant. Possession of any part of non-low morphine Papaver somniferum other than the seed is illegal in the United States and the plant is listed as a Schedule II controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration.[1]
In the United Kingdom, the Home Office has granted pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith a licence to harvest the poppies, and now they are being grown as a cash crop by English farmers in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire to combat a critical shortage of morphine in National Health Service hospitals.[2] Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of opium poppy-based medicines, which are on the World Health Organisation's list of essential medicinal drugs.
References
- ↑ Drug Scheduling #9650 DEA Accessed July 16 2007
- ↑ Phillips, Rhodri and Wigmore, Barry The painkilling fields Mail on Sunday] July 15 2007; accessed july 16 2007
