Medicinal Poppy Seeds For Sale, Papaver somniferum

US Marines (above) inspect a local poppy farm near Helmud, Afghanistan. The soldiers now befriend the local farmers and allow the farming of 'opium' poppies to improve relations and allow locals to feed their families by growing a valuable cash crop.
The common name for opium poppy seeds sold in USA grocery stores and on Starbuck's bagels is 'bread seed poppy.' All poppy seeds are legal in the USA. Poppy seeds are nutritious and delicious and are sold in many grocery stores, especially ethnic food stores with Asian, Afghan or Mediterranean selections. And yes, store-bought bread seed will grow opium poppies. Poppy laws vary wildly from country to country. Many modern countries, including the UK, Tasmania and New Zealand, have no restrictions on growing poppies. Fort Knox now holds millions of ounces of raw opium to use in the event of a nuclear holocaust. Not sure if the gold bars are still there. But the opium is.
From 10,000 years ago to the present, poppies have been used medicinally by ancient humans and modern grandmothers, farmers and even our founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin to name just a few) to relieve pain. This plant was given to humans by God to use for short-term pain relief, specifically, less than a week.
Papaver somniferum is a cold-weather flower. Typically, it is planted in September and will stand and bloom even in an early snow, or, they can also be planted in the very early spring. The seeds will often NOT sprout OVER 60F, or germination rates are greatly reduced. Rake rich garden soil, scatter seeds by hand; do not cover as they need light to germinate. Daily water, full sun. Sprinkling seeds just before a fall rainstorm is also a good way to go. Sprouts will appear in a few days and are very tender, prone to damping off, lack of water, pill bugs and other insects. Thin to about two feet apart, if transplanting, do not damage or expose the roots, as they are naturally poor candidates for transplant. Established plants are very hardy, needing less water, are bug resistant, and handle hard frost; however they do NOT like warm weather, crowded root space or poor soil, as that will stunt them no matter what seed stock you have. Some varieties will bloom in a month or two, with flowers lasting only 18 hours or so.
To stay legal in the USA, poppy gardeners are required to deadhead the flowers, or cut the stems off as soon as the flowers finish blooming and before they make pods. That's the rule.
NOTE: Overuse can lead to addiction. Overdose deaths from raw plant use are extremely rare, averaging one American per decade. HOWEVER, the pharmaceutical pill form derived from this plant and prescribed by licensed medical doctors kills over 100 Americans every single day. So in a decade, that is nearly 3/4 of a million dead Americans from legal opioids, compared to ONE death per decade from the illegal use of raw poppy plant parts. (How do you define insane?)