ZHARI, Afghanistan (AP) - It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan - the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall ...

Poppy seeds are the edible seeds of the opium poppy plant. It is possible to fail a drug test after ingesting these seeds or foods containing these seeds. Many different factors can influence the ...

The Department of Defense issued new warnings for service members on Tuesday, urging them to not consume poppy seeds because it could cause a false positive on drug tests. The memo, written by ...

The Department of Defense is warning service members to avoid poppy seeds due to concerns that it could affect drug testing. In a memo published on Tuesday, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel ...

The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with its outlaw family. Opium poppies are grown for their edible seeds and for pharmaceutical uses. The type that ...

The poppy plant (Papaver smoniferum) has been used as a traditional remedy for centuries. Native to the Eastern Mediterranean, its flowers come in various colors — primarily white and yellow (1). The ...

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 ...