A home-brewing technique used to extract morphine from unwashed poppy seeds can produce lethal doses of the drug, according to new research. A home-brewing technique used to extract morphine from ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. “Somniferum” is Latin for “sleep-bringing,” which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that depress the ...

A Maryland woman is blaming her false positive test for opiates on the breakfast she ate hours before giving birth. Elizabeth Eden was in labor at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson last spring when ...

Poppy seeds are the edible seeds of the opium poppy plant. It is possible to fail a drug test after ingesting these seeds or foods containing these seeds. Many different factors can influence the ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, 2023, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in ...

It’s America’s latest threat — poppy seed bagels. The Pentagon has sent a formal warning that troops chowing down on poppy seed treats could wind up testing positive for drugs — more than 25 years ...

The Department of Defense issued new warnings for service members on Tuesday, urging them to not consume poppy seeds because it could cause a false positive on drug tests. The memo, written by ...

The Department of Defense is urging service members not to eat poppy seeds due to concerns that it could affect their drug tests. In a memo published on Feb. 17, Under Secretary of Defense for ...