Health officials in Australia are warning about the dangers of having large amounts of poppy seeds after almost 20 people fell sick. Nineteen people have gone to emergency departments across the ...

When a Shorewood, Wisconsin resident was found dead from an overdose on May 18, 2021, the medical examiner found morphine, codeine, and thebaine in the person’s system and determined the cause of ...

A 65-year-old man started brewing poppy seed tea to manage his chronic pain. The man had been prescribed opioids in the past, but it was the tea that led to a dependency. He got clean with supportive ...

On July 28, Frances Young's son, Cory, died. The cause of death was listed as "morphine intoxication." "He knew what was safe and what was not safe, but he underestimated the tea," she said. Police ...

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 ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a shipment of opium poppy pods in Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday that was destined to an address in Dover, Del. Officers inspected the ...

What was labeled as "dried table decorations" turned out to be opium poppy pods in Wilmington, Delaware.U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it seized three boxes Tuesday that were shipped from the ...

CBP officers bagged this 141-pound load of opium poppy pods on February 19. (Photo: CBP) It must be harvest season after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a combined 257 ...