Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change over time. Both licit and illicit
substance use cause serious public health problems and evidence for the same is now …

Opium is a substance extracted from Papaver somniferum L that is chronically abused
specially in the traditional production regions. Reports on opium poisoning has largely …

Unwashed poppy seeds are widely available online through private websites or via well-
known sellers such as eBay and Amazon. These seeds can be used to produce a tea that …

Patients can use numerous drugs that exist outside of existing regulatory statutes in order to
get “legal highs.” Legal psychoactive substances represent a challenge to the emergency …

The historical practice of brewing poppy tea for its opioid-like effects is reoccurring with
modern-day substance users. We present four postmortem cases with toxicology results that …

Eating poppy seed–containing foods may cause positive opiate drugs of abuse drug testing
because poppy seeds contain both codeine and morphine. In response to reports of positive …

Background Poppy seed tea (PST) is a legally obtainable source of opiates made from the
seeds of the opium poppy. Our large telehealth opioid use disorder (OUD) provider group …

Natural opioids have been in use in the North Western part of India for a long time. We
present the case of an octogenarian" doda"(poppy husk) user, who sought treatment with us …

The Papaver species (common name: poppy; plant family: Papaveraceae) has been
involved in a wide array of research, particularly in the interest of botany, food biotechnology …

The elderly aged 60 years or above comprise 8.3% of the Indian population as per latest
census. Most elderly in India reside in joint families and have strong social networks …