Pentagon warns troops eating poppy seeds could lead to failed drug tests
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The US Defense Department issued an official warning to troops last week: If you don’t want to test positive on a drug test, you should avoid poppy seeds.
Pentagon warns troops to avoid eating poppy seeds. The baked-good favorite can spark a false-positive drug test.
Military officials said false-positive test results from eating the seeds are nothing new, but the higher contamination levels can surpass cutoff levels that the Pentagon uses to determine whether the test is seeing poppy seeds or morphine/codeine.
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