The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) has a weird double life. The plant’s seeds give a tasty, nutty flavor to bagels, breads, ...

Poppy seeds are known to cause false positives on drug tests; in one case, a new mother's baby was taken away after she failed a drug test due to eating a poppy seed salad. Poppy seeds come from the ...

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 ...