Eating the infamous poppy seed cake known as makowiec, one of Poland’s most popular sweet foods, is also a scandalising way to put morphine into your system. Culture.pl looks at its seemingly innocent ...
White poppy seeds are not widely available, but you will find them in Indian grocers. Because they’re so small and have a tendency to stick together, poppy seeds are often dry-roasted ...
Eating even a small amount of food containing poppy seed can lead to a false positive on drugs tests. You probably know that poppies sprung up in their thousands on Flanders fields after 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 ...
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 ...
A Taliban spokesman told the BBC they imposed the ban because of the harmful effects of opium - which is taken from the poppy seed capsules - and because it goes against their religious beliefs.
Backlash and a drive for regulation of poppy seeds are building across the United States. On Wednesday, companion bills were introduced to Congress to prohibit the sale of unsafe poppy seeds in ...