Some websites tout poppy seed tea as offering health benefits ... exempt from drug control under the Controlled Substances ...

A Taliban spokesman told the BBC they imposed the ban because of the harmful effects of opium - which is taken from the poppy seed capsules - and because it goes against their religious beliefs.

Even if poppy seed tea doesn't cause death or overdose, it can sometimes lead to dependence. In a 2019 report, Irving Haber, a pain management specialist at Terre Haute Regional H ...

In Amitav Ghosh's acclaimed novel, Sea of Poppies, a village woman from an opium-producing region in India has a vivid encounter with a poppy seed. "She looked at the seed as if she has never seen ...

However, other parts of opium poppies - from which poppy seeds ... When brewed in a poppy tea, the seeds' opiate content becomes concentrated, putting drinkers at risk of overdose and addiction ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...