Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Lydia Zuraw/KFF Health News) It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom ...

Several consumer safety groups have banded together to support legislation that would put controls on the amount of opiate contamination of poppy seeds to help ensure their safety for consumption. The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: photomi7ch via Alamy Poppy seeds are known to cause false positives on drug tests; in one ...

Health authorities are raising the alarm after around 1700 toxic poppy plants were stolen from a secret farm in Victoria. The alkaloid poppies, which are grown for the pharmaceutical industry, were ...

WASHINGTON — 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 contain high levels of opiates like morphine, which can ...

Poppy seeds aren't for everyone. Here's what these seeds are, how they can be good for you and why we still need to go easy ...

Nearly 10 pounds of opium poppy pods bound for Dover were intercepted in Wilmington last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The shipment, which came into the Port of Wilmington 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 unwashed ...