Pregnant women ate poppy seeds, then tested positive for drugs
Fans of the hit sitcom “Seinfeld” may recall the episode in which Elaine hilariously tested positive for opium after eating a muffin containing poppy seeds — which got her kicked off a work trip to Kenya. weren’t nearly as funny.
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey filed two complaints on March 8 to the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights on behalf of the women. “Our clients are sending a clear message to hospitals that these testing and reporting policies are unacceptable.” “This whole ordeal has been extremely stressful and has turned our lives upside down and now, because of what happened, I live in fear of medical tests and how they might be used against me as a mother,” she said, as the ACLU press release noted.
“Otherwise, most assays [laboratory tests] will not detect the trace amounts of opioids from poppy seeds.” Poppy seeds can cause positive tests for opioids such as morphine, codeine and heroin for two days after eating them.However, in medical settings such as hospitals, the cutoff may be as low as 300 ng/mL.
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