Dried poppy pods are often considered ornamental, no jokes here. However, they have a much wider range of uses, beyond their ...

When Elaine on Seinfeld failed a drug test after eating a poppy seed muffin back in the 1996 episode “The Shower Head,” the idea that you could fail a drug test after eating poppy seeds took off.

Why bother to harvest seeds from the flowers in your garden? Because you will save money, the seeds are fresh and it is relatively simple to do once you know how, says RHS chief horticulturalist Guy ...

Pictured here is a poppy seed pod, which is what’s left on the stem once the flower blooms and the petals fall off. Each seed pod can hold more than 200 seeds, which, in nature, eventually shake out ...

For centuries, poppy seed tea has been used for its narcotic, analgesic, antidiarrheal, or euphoric effects, or as a substitute for opiates. What are the risks associated with this herbal beverage?

According to the Mayo Clinic, poppy seed pods contain morphine and codeine, which are opioid medicines. While poppy seeds themselves don’t contain opiates, ...

In northern China, the poppy pod — referred to as da yan ke, or “big smoky shells,” after the slang for opium — is added to hot pot, the spicy stew cooked at the table.