The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Defense Department has instructed service members that some poppy seeds can cause drug tests to come back as false positives. By Amanda Holpuch The Defense Department has advised service members ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poppy farmer Santiago Sanchez holds the seeds of an opium poppy plant in Juquila Yucucani in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the ...

All service members have been advised by the Pentagon to stop eating poppy seeds or risk registering a false positive on military drug tests. Certain varieties of the small black seeds, which are ...

TOWSON, Md. (CBS Local) - A pregnant woman's poppy seed bagel caused Maryland health officials to incorrectly believe her baby was at risk when the mother's drug test came back positive for opiates.

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 ...

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 ...

A pregnancy craving for everything bagels turned what should have been a joyous time in a New Jersey mom's life into a traumatic experience, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil ...

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 ...

The Defense Department has advised service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because officials are concerned they could cause misleading drug test results. The warning reflects long-standing ...