Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

Even if you’ve never touched an illicit drug, its easy for the paranoid part of your brain to worry that somehow, some way, something is going to show up on a drug test. Unfortunately, that’s what ...

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 be deadly.

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 ...

Poppy seeds are an essential ingredient in many parts of Europe, as well in Bengali cuisine, and in Pakistani kopta, are derived from the dried seed pods of the poppy plant. The seeds themselves don’t ...

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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 ...

Increasing Heroin Seizures in Northeast India Guwahati, Dec 23: The trend of smuggling opium-derived narcotics, especially heroin, into the Northeast is on the rise, as indicated by recent seizure ...

Poppy seeds — a staple on bagels and in pastries — are at the center of a stunning public health scare that has already cost lives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Tuesday, ...