Certain poppy seed varieties may have higher codeine levels than previously reported, according to a new memo
has issued a memo warning troops to avoid eating poppy seeds, which may result in failed drug tests.
“The Military Departments are hereby directed to notify Service members to avoid consumption of all poppy seeds,” Gilbert Cisneros, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said in aAlthough the idea that eating poppy seed can impact drug testing isn't new, recent data suggests certain poppy seed varieties“Consumption of poppy seed products could cause a codeine positive urinalysis result and undermine the Department’s ability to identify illicit drug use,” Cisneros wrote.
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