This Plant Is Dangerously Addictive

This is the most addicting plant in the world.

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00:00 This Plant Is Dangerously Addictive
01:03 Seed dispersal mechanism
01:48 Etymology of "Somniferum" and sleep effects
02:27 Natural defensive properties of poppy latex
03:32 Poppy seeds and drug testing concerns
04:15 Medical uses of poppy seeds
05:03 - How opioids affect the brain and overdose risks

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CREDITS
Created by Dylan Dubeau
Executive Producer, Director, and Director of Photography: Dylan Dubeau
Host: Tasha the Amazon
Editors: Jim Pitts and Cat Senior
Researcher, Producer: Andres Salazar
Writer: Lauren Greenwood
Camera Operator: Colin Cooper

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Exploring the World of Plants and Fungi

[j_h_o]

I always thought it was funny when Dorothy "fell asleep" in the field of poppies but then was rejuvenated by a bit of "snow"

[icyj]

Your confusion of the opiate vs opioid is actually a fundamental flaw in this video- the current problem is with completely synthetic opioids, natural herbal opiates are often much more helpful than they are dangerous when administered appropriately. Analgesia is not a sin, pain relief is a vital part of medicine.

[ChoySekMunSimon]

Blue poppy seeds are highly sought after for artisanal baking purposes. The cold pressed oil from poppy seeds is also highly sought after by artists into oil painting.

[boorisz]

In Hungary until 2004 it was common that people grow poppy ('mák') at hom gardens. Mostly to take the seeds out of pods to add to cakes. However a few junkies made a special brew to get high, in a country mostly alcoholics it was a harmless crop. Actually poppy seed is similarly part of our national identity as paprika.

[maggie]

This plant is a miracle to those living in rural areas without hospitals. Locals will smoke some before medical/dental procedures in Vietnam and I'm sure other countries as well

[MrWaspMan]

It's crazy that something so essential in modern medicine and helping people can be such a major problem as well. These little flowers really do have the power to save a life, or take it.

[ProjectPhysX]

They grow naturally in a lot of places in Germany, still today. As children we always harvested the seeds, either to eat directly or to bake bread or kake. We knew their use as painkiller and addictive drug, we were educated about drugs and drug addiction from very early age. So we always only had interest in the nice tasting seeds.

[Josephsflock]

You should talk about rhubarb and related plants. It’s one of my favourite vegetables from the garden and is related to buckwheat. It’s stem is safe to eat, but it’s leaves are slightly toxic and people have died eating the leaves in times of food shortage.

[jeffbarnen-rn]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against Suicidal, depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[ThomasBurlson-mr]

Psychedelic therapy is just one of those great leaps in the mental health space . It's wonderful and the fact that they serve recreational use and health as well. I can't deny tripping is fun every once in a while.

[Haplo-san]

If you visit Turkey, find a pastery and buy "haşhaşlı ekmek" which is bread with poppy seeds; it should look like cinnamon rolls from top. It belongs to city of Afyon (which literally translates "Opium") and it's neighbor city Eskişehir ("Oldcity") but you may find same or similiar tastes in other cities and bakeries. Freshly brewed Turkish tea and poppy seed bread, that's all you need for a meal.

[rainpooper]

There used to be an old lady in our small countryside town who always had those in her garden. They always suspiciously disappeared all at once too once the flower was out of bloom.

[js]

Poppy seed bread is sooo nice, as someone from Czech republic where the seeds are a popular ingredient in sweet foods.
It's cool to know more about the plant... and this does explain the drowsiness cartoon characters seem to get from poppies.

[NativeEarth]

My grandmother was the parole officer who discovered that poppy seeds could have you fail a drug test after her parole failed but she trusted him and researched everything he ate that day. 😊 Ina Piette she’s alive 93 years young

[SongJLikes]

It is also one of the most effective pain control methods when not abused… and unfortunately, many pain patients that can benefit from opioids have been denied helpful medicine due to misrepresentation of opioids and opiates by media and even those in the medical and law enforcement industries.

[Sarappreciates]

It's not even Friday. Why are you doing this to me on a Tuesday? I can't even pick up my pain prescription until tomorrow, lol, just giving ya'll a hard time, I love this channel. Last month, my local pharmacy was all out without any idea when it would be back in stock! I have stage 4 cancer with a tumor growing on my spine. (Please don't wish me a fast recovery because I'm stage 4, forget words like recovery and remission.) Pain is real, and milkweeds are real. We evolved alongside each other for all time. Why is it so bad to let patients have pain relief? As for all the overdoses, I don't blame the plant itself. *Overdose REQUIRES the user to go off script.* It means *that person took more than the prescribed amount ON PURPOSE without consulting their doctor.* Don't demonize the substance, but recognize how we criminalize addicts who deserve to be seen as PEOPLE with an ADDICTION. ADDICTION is a MEDICAL PROBLEM, not a criminal problem!

[cinthyacontreras]

When I was little, my grandmother had poppies at her garden. They lasted for a couple months because whenever the flowers bloomed, they suddenly disappeared. She would say to me that people used them to get high. That was the first time I learnt about plants and their flowers as medicine or drugs.

[Sum_Ting_Wong]

They grow here everywhere in my field in Pakistan. We make a natural painkiller from the dried latex called "afeem". It's basically opium.

[antharon]

In my country there is wide cultural base of growing poppy. Slavic people use poppy a lot without any tought of opium (they get drunk a lot though). Poppy is often used with soft pasta dumplings and in cakes. Not bagel with a little pinch on top. More like 40% of whole cake is poppy. It is so tasty...

[Fakku.O]

What about a little overview of Datura aka Moonflower. I think it has quite a rich history to talk about.