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Poppy seeds are from opium poppies. There's a little bit of the plant's latex coating each seed. If you're feeling adventurous, go get the cheapest or most "natural" brand of poppy seeds you can find at the grocery store, a 4 or 8 oz package should probably be enough; shake them up with cold water in a Gatorade bottle for about 20 minutes, strain, and drink. (Or so I've heard.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6513924/

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Poppy seed bagel has hardly any poppy seed in it, like maybe 1 or 2 % by weight? You would have to eat a lot of bagels. Perhaps eating something that is 50% or more poppy seed would be different?

Poppy seed cake is the best thing ever: https://www.thespruceeats.com/polish-poppy-seed-roll-recipe-...

Yeah, we were warned about this in 1989, when I went to go work in the basement of the Pentagon.

So people are finally hearing about this again after ... how many years?