For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species ...

How to eat poppy seeds? Let us count the ways! While it's tempting to sideline this familiar seed to bagel topping terrain (and don't get us wrong, we love them scattered over this delicious carb) ...

In a memo published Tuesday, the Pentagon told military personnel to stop eating poppy seeds. Consuming poppy seeds could result in a codeine positive drug test, the memo warned. Some poppy seed ...

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 ...

The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the ...

"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.

Have you heard of makowiec? The Polish poppy seed roll is traditionally served at Christmas. We\'ll show you how to make it ...

On July 12, the Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the owner of a website selling a product known as PoppySeed Wash. In the letter, the FDA warned that the product was being ...

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 U.S. Defense Department has issued a memo warning troops to avoid eating poppy seeds, which may result in failed drug tests. “The Military Departments are hereby directed to notify Service members ...

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 ...

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 ...