Syrup of poppies

Poppies have been used as drugs for many years, and provide the raw material for opiates, including heroin and morphine. Syrup produced from the seed head was used as pain relief and as a sedative. Charlotte talks about giving her children syrup of poppies as medication for various ailments.

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