From what i found checking out Opium poppies is they have that weird pod in the middle with what looks like an upside down flower on the top, like the cucumber jelly fisher in SpongeBob.

Anyways my question is, IS this the mark of the poppy?

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Yes thats a poppy

Remember you don't want just any old poppy, you want papaver somniferum.

right on, if you don't have "opium poppies" (papaver somniferum) then you don't have opium.

has anyone bought opium poppy seeds online before?

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Yes I have bought them online. Not sure about other countries but in the US its no big deal to buy them you can get them off alot of websites or Ebay. If ya go the Ebay route just buy the whole pods with the seeds in them. Say ya get 50 pods youll get a few hundred thousand seeds. Plus you can make some tea out of the left over pods. Just make sure the listing says that the seeds are still in them(some dont).

ya i found a local dispenser. But ok, so theres no reall way to tell if i find a poppy plant if its a papaver somniferum or not?

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it's not like it's illegal to grow them.. it's just illegal to cultivate. Anywhere that sells them online is prolly fine.

inthose first two picks, is it better to cut the plant when its the first pic, or do ya wait till it flowers, like the second, and open up that middle part...for extracting the juices i mean.

It takes 120 days days to harvest a poppy. In 100 days the flowers will have fallen off and all that is left is the pod. The pod must sit 20 days as the plant is now focusing on producing seed and concentrating it's opium. After 20 days the crown should be brown/tan and have raised up (like in the first pic) and that is the sign that the poppy is ready to harvest.