On Opium and Poppy-Seed Bagels
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Daniel Engber at Slate explains how we get our legal supplies of opiates and poppy seeds. But don't try this at home:It's against the law to grow opium poppies in the United States, although enforcement has been inconsistent in the case of small-time gardeners who grow them as ornamental flowers. According to the Controlled Substances Act, every part of the opium poppy except the seed is illegal,
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