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Introduction:
At first glance these pictures show depressingly familiar scenes of fields of poppies in the wilds of strife-hit Afghanistan - soon to be processed into heroin and shipped around the world.
But these scenes were actually captured at an 88 acre farm near Winchester in Hampshire. The flowers are identical to those grown in Afghanistan but, instead of funding global crime syndicates, they will be used to treat those in desperate pain.
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Facts:
Papaver somniferum, opium poppy, is an annual herbaceous plant in the Papaveraceae that originated in southeastern Europe and western Asia, and are now widely cultivated in Europe, Asia, China, and North Africa for their seeds, which are used in baking, as a condiment, and for their edible oil. It is also widely cultivated for the production of opium, heroine, and morphine derived from the latex of the unripe fruit capsules.
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Getting There:
The town is conveniently situated for the M3 motorway from London to Southampton, with the A34 providing access from the Midlands and the North. Winchester and its city centre are generally regarded as car-unfriendly; an excellent Park and Ride site National Park and Ride Directory [14] is located just off junction 10 of the M3 and buses provide a link to the city centre every 10-15 mins taking under 10 mins for the journey.
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