Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.
Check out the following article by Ridhwan Saleem on the website Dissident Voice (Dated 11 November 2009):
Daisy Cutters and Poppy Wearers: Obama’s War Against Afghanistan and the History of Opium
According to the entry in Wikipedia,
In many Commonwealth countries, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. In the United States, it is common practice to wear "Buddy Poppies" (artificial, paper or plastic versions sold by the Veterans of Foreign War) during the weeks preceding Memorial Day, the last Monday in May to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans in the various wars; whereas Veterans Day on November 11 is used to honor "living" veterans. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.
In Canada, poppies are distributed by the Royal Canadian Legion and the Anavets organization each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy consists of petals made of red plastic with a felt lining and black centre held on by a pin. In 1980, the Royal Canadian Legion formed a committee to decide the future of the poppy and it was decided that the centre should be changed to green to represent the green fields of France. This proved unpopular with the Legion membership and the design was changed back in 1986. Unfortunately a large quantity of green felt had already been purchased and it was decided to keep producing the green centres until the supply of felt was exhausted. It took until 2002 for the green felt to run out and the traditional black centres reappeared. Those who were unaware or had forgotten that black centres had been used in the design of the poppy from its introduction in 1921 until 1980 found the change somewhat controversial.
In New Zealand and Australia, plastic poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25).
Britain and "Her Commonwealth" [=non-white victims], the US, France, Canada, New Zealand and Australia - a veritable roll-call of some of the leading "national" players within the ONLY functional NATION - Racism (White Supremacy).
The poppy flower was adopted by the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy) as a symbol of WAR remembrance - that is, for the purpose of remembering white people - and, allegedly, co-opted non-white people - who fought and died in Racist (White Supremacist) wars, such as (White) World War I and (White) World War II. However, as the aforementioned Wikipedia entry goes on to state,
poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color.
So, the poppy is both a symbol of white death remembrance as well as being the source of a drug/narcotic. From an Islamic counter-Racist perspective - and there is no precedent for a cult of death remembrance in Islam, shi'ite commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of Muhammad (peace be upon him), notwithstanding - white death remembrance by non-white victims of the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy) is a drug/narcotic habit they urgently need to quit.
Remember: THEY LIVE, WE SLEEP (and die).
Peace
