Could Opium Gum be the Solution to the Overdose Crisis? Metzineres Opium poppies (Papaver somniferum) growing like weeds on my allotment very excited to forage the seeds. I have sunflowers and pumpkins too so we should get a good seed mix come Opium Wikipedia Dried poppy pods, one of my favorite dried elements for everlasting bouquets. Opium alkaloids in poppy seeds: assessment updated EFSA Growing Poppies from Seed The Big Little Garden Nashua, NH