Poppies can not be planted at all, nor can they be eaten as vegetables! Poppy, marijuana and coca are called the three original drug plants. According to Chinese laws, none of them can be planted, and planting one is illegal. According to the law, anyone who illegally cultivates opium poppy with less than 500 plants or a small amount of original drug plants shall be given a public security penalty, detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 3000 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan. Whoever cultivates opium poppy of not less than 500 but not more than 3000 plants or a large number of original plants of other drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; Whoever illegally cultivates more than 3000 opium poppy plants or large quantities of the original plants of other narcotic drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or sentenced to confiscation of property.
 [Legal Basis]
 Article 351 of the Criminal Law states that the illegal cultivation of opium poppy, marijuana and other original drug plants shall be forcibly eradicated. Whoever cultivates opium poppy of not less than 500 but not more than 3000 plants or a large number of original plants of other drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; Whoever illegally cultivates more than 3000 opium poppy plants or large quantities of the original plants of other narcotic drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or sentenced to confiscation of property.