Opioids Is it legal to grow opium or not?

[AvenaSativa]

According to Wikipedia:
In the United States cultivation is illegal. Opium is listed as a Schedule II controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In addition, "Opium poppy and poppy straw" are also prohibited.[14] However, this is not typically enforced for poppies grown or sold for ornamental or food purposes.[4] Though the opium poppy is legal for culinary or esthetic reasons,

Do people really grow opium for aesthetic reasons? Is it really legal to grow opium if you do it with the intention of looking at it?

So can I grow opium as long as I tell the cops it's for aesthetic reasons because I think a plant containing codeine and morphine is pretty? Yeah I'm just going to sit in my garden and look at heroin all day.

 

[sekio]

You can grow opium poppy as long as you don't consume any part of them (except seeds) or extract anything out of them.

If you're making poppy tea or slicing the pods to get opium, you are in fact breaking the law.

But we don't really allow legal discussion.