Tea made from brewing regular poppy seeds kills man.

[snagglepuss]

A British man died after drinking tea he brewed from regular poppy seeds. He made the tea thinking it would simply be calming. I would have thought so myself but it seems that poppy seeds can be fatal. Of all the things I would have ever thought to be dangerous, I'd have never thought it'd be poppy seeds. I find that shocking.


Side effects include drowsiness, stomach ache, lethargy, urinary retention, constipation, and nausea.

At higher doses, it becomes dangerous and can cause death through factors like respiratory arrest or inhalation of vomit.


Frequent users can become dependent and withdrawal can cause cramps, insomnia, craving, lethargy and mental problems.

There have been a number of deaths reported from the drinking of poppy tea, including a teenager from Nova Scotia and a young Tasmanian man, both in 2012


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[shenmue]

1. Can you overdose on bagels?

Because I really like the poppy ones sometimes.

[intaglio]

2. "The Straight Dope" on poppy seeds

Will poppy-seed bagels cause you to fail a drug test?

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The amount of morphine and codeine in poppy seeds varies enormously. One study found that Dutch, Czech, and Turkish poppy seed contained minimal opiates, Australian seed was up there, and Spanish seed sounded like it should be sold by creepy-looking guys on street corners. But, while test volunteers who ate poppy seed products sometimes flunked urine tests, nobody really got what you could call stoned. (Possible exception: one volunteer who ate 23 grams of seeds was accused of "giggling and acting silly.&quot You're limited by the fact that the poppy seeds are usually contained in food--you get full long before you get high.

Still, if you're desperate enough there are ways to get a buzz from poppies. In parts of England prior to World War II, tea made from boiled poppy heads was recommended as a way to cure what ails you, or at least not get overly concerned about it. Poppy tea has come back into favor among UK drug users in recent years, and some people have reportedly become addicted to the stuff. One guy boiled 14 poppy heads daily, which he obtained from florists. Another addict was a baker who each day drank two liters of tea made from four kilograms of poppy seed. His secret was discovered when he went into convulsions. Serves him right. Even the Bible warns about bad seed.

[packman]

3. Now that is interesting

Why back when I was a youngster growing up in Western Pennsylvania, at Xmas time we ate poppy seed rolled cookies (imagine a soft dough cookie filled with poppy seeds), poppy seed roll-ups, and a hell of a lot of other poppy seed stuff. We even sprinkled poppy seeds over buttered noodles. Wonder we made it through childhood alive. Come to think of it, I had an uncle who had a bottle of vodka with poppy seeds stewing in them. Oh, those were happy days.

[postulater]

4. Back in the mid-70s during my "lost decade"

we grew most of our food in our garden on the farm we rented.

The 70 year old farmer who owned the property used to stop by and hoe the acre of corn he planted.

One day he was walking by our garden and spotted a poppy growing in among the rest of the plants. It was a volunteer from who-knows-where but there were a few plants in the patch.

He recognized the poppy and told us how back in the 20s and 30s there were people locally who used to grow poppies to get high off. He even told us how to harvest the resin off the pods.

I always wondered if he recognized any of the other more leafy plants that were growing in our garden.

[BuddhaGirl]

5. California Poppy

great for relaxation...I take it before bed