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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Poppy seed tea is available online, but medical experts warn of its dangerous and addictive properties. "The results are dangerous and sometimes deadly," warned News 3 medical expert Dr ...

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 ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WRIC) — It’s been months since 21-year-old Steven Austin Underhill died in his fraternity house at JMU back in February, but police confirmed this week that Underhill died from an ...

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 ...

DAHLONEGA, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - A Dahlonega man’s death is among a dozen possibly linked to tea made with unwashed poppy seeds. Lumpkin County Coroner Jim Sheppard said he learned of unwashed poppy ...

A James Madison University student’s overdose death has been linked to a homemade opiate concoction called “poppy seed tea.” Steven “Austin” Underhill, a junior engineering student, was found dead ...

A staple in the spice aisles of grocery stores has apparently become a new target for adolescents and others in search of an unconventional high. According to reports last week from the ABC affiliate ...