Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eating culinary poppy seeds won’t get you high, but they could lead to a failed drug test. Linda Caldwell/EyeEm via Getty Images ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poppy seeds may look like many other items you have in your spice rack, but some come with a dangerous risk. Some poppy seeds may ...

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 a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction ...

It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom “Seinfeld.” But for some it has been a tragedy. People have died after drinking tea brewed from ...

Poisonous poppy seeds have sent a number of people around Australia to hospital with severe symptoms—from muscle cramping and spasms to seizures and cardiac arrests—prompting a nationwide recall of ...

Elizabeth Eden of Towson Maryland tested positive for opiates after eating a poppy seed bagel before giving birth to her daughter. Though poppy seeds only contain trace amounts of morphine, they can ...

The US Defense Department issued an official warning to troops last week: If you don’t want to test positive on a drug test, you should avoid poppy seeds. A memo distributed on Friday from Gilbert ...

"Concerns with poppy seeds and drug testing are not new," Under Secretary of Defense Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., said in a Department of Defense memo Melissa Montoya is an associate editor at PEOPLE.

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 a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction ...