Nearly 10 pounds of opium poppy pods bound for Dover were intercepted in Wilmington last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The shipment, which came into the Port of Wilmington from ...

Six months after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted Dover-bound opium poppy pods at the Port of Wilmington, officials have seized another shipment. The 3-kilogram package ...

There are two main uses for the opium poppy. It is a source of the opiates used in painkillers, the most biologically active of which are morphine and codeine. Its seeds are also used for cooking ...

How is opium made? The unripe seed pods of the opium poppy plant hold a milky substance. People make cuts in the pods to let the substance drain out. It’s then scraped and dried, producing ...

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 ...

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 ...

A sprinkling of poppy seeds in a muffin or over a bagel may sound utterly innocent, but the consumption of these seeds is still regularly flagged by urine tests as opium. While most false ...

Poppy seeds are a type of oilseed that are obtained from the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum) and have been used for traditional remedies for centuries. The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have ...

In the past, defense officials in most cases were able to tell whether drug tests detected consumed poppy seeds or illicitly used morphine or codeine by looking at the opium substance levels ...

Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine are derived. During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium ...