Flowers of Darkness - A History of the Poppy

Narated by the late, great Paul Newman, Flowers of Darkness is an unflinching, no-nonsense look at the opium trade - where it happens, how it is transported, and it's ultimate effects on the world community. With footage direct from the fields of Afghanistan to the streets of the ghetto, the reach and power of the poppy was as powerful in the early 1970's when this film was made, as it is now, with the comeback of the Taliban fueled by the bumper opium crop of 2007.

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• Paul
• Newman
• 1960's
• Afghanistan
• anti-drug
• Cartel
• Drug
• Trade
• Drugs
• Flowers
• Darkness
• Heroin
• History
• junkie
• Opium
• Politics
• propaganda

[ed11561]

The CIA is bringing most cocaine and heroin into the country.The government uses the money raised to finace WAR and armies.

[stalzz]

Paul Newman's son died of an overdose, so perhaps that's why he did this film.

[11Kralle]

And than: ...the german refinement...!

Das kommt ein bischen vorwurfsvoll rüber, oder? Ich glaube nicht, dass die BAYER-AG für das Heroin Prozente bekommt... (auch wenn es ihnen locker zuzutrauen wäre)

[jshel37]

Well the drug has reached the heartland and in the form of oxy. everywhere, so in this orwellian world we are in I would say the war on drugs is working...huh?

[nogov4us]

Uhh...yeah.

[Ned029]

@gawagney This is what he typed " It's likely footage from a pharma lab that makes perocet.In that day and age it was likely the Dupont plant that they filmed figuring that although the end products are different the production method is the same" .I pretty much think when he typed plant he meant the opium poppy plant that is used to make percocet and some generic percocet pills have the word Dupont scorched onto the pill.There was no pharmaceutical plant in this film but the poppy plant was.

[babyjesus318]

the poppy pods it shows in the beginning and the one cut open to show the latex are not even opium poppies! instead of papaver somniferum those are papaver orientale. no narcotic alkaloids whatsoever. they could have done more research.

[Aminodaff]

the funny thing is that iSLAM prohibits drugs and alcoholic drinks..... but they produce drugs....they are proud of their religion, but at the same time , producing drug, they spit on kORAN... hahaahah 

[gawagney]

@Ned029 I think the word, 'plant', was used as the term for factory and don't think he meant the plant (vegetation) was called Dupont. Re-read the comment and use my suggestion. The posting will then make sense.....Just a quick clarification.

[Ned029]

@lesterclaypool1 Hey Lester Dupont isn't a plant Dupont is the name of a pharmaceutical company that also makes percocet,actualy they make the brand name percocets.If you ever go to the ER for chronic pain and get the circular white 5mg percocet tablets,usualy you get the brand name percocets in the hospital and on that pill it will say Dupont.The name of the plant that your talking about is called the papaver somniferum poppy plant.

[regiusmerlin]

so... why'd they search the mexican? there was no probable cause other than the fact that he was a mexican.

yes this is a political comment on the new arizona anti-immigration law.

[tone4624]

Any one from Philly watch this? At 19:50 thats the ship on Delaware Ave at Snyder for past 15yrs, Im I right?