POPPY SEED CONSUMPTION CAN SKEW HOSPITAL DRUG TESTS
January 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NURSES noticing a patient has tested positive for opiate consumption had better check whether they ate a poppy seeded bread roll recently. It has long been a concern that chemical trace elements from this popular bakery ingredient could show up in blood or urine tests, and an ongoing legal case in the United States suggests the issue is still a problem. The newborn daughter of a Pennsylvania couple, Elizabeth Mort and Alex Rodriguez, was seized and held for five days by their local children and youth services department after the mother failed a ...
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