为鱼蟹治病而非法种植罂粟的被告人刘开福于日前被江苏省如东县人民法院一审判处有期徒刑６年，并处罚金５０００元。这是该院今年判处的首例非法种植毒品原植物罪案件。宣判后被告人未提出上诉。被告人刘开福听人讲，罂粟对鱼、蟹病的防治有较大作用，便于２００１年秋，在如 Liu Kaifu, a defendant who illicitly cultivated poppy for the treatment of fish and crabs, was sentenced in the first instance to a people’s court of Rudong County in Jiangsu Province for six years and fined 5,000 yuan. This is the first case of illicit cultivation of narcotic plants in the hospital this year. After the sentencing, the defendant did not appeal. Defendant Liu Kaifu heard people say that poppy fish, crab disease prevention and treatment have a greater role in facilitating the fall of 2001, such as