Comments on: Poppy seed bagel triggers drug test (again), CPS gets involved (again)

By: James Fulford

James Fulford — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:02:19 +0000

I recall a story about an actual drug addict who kept failing his drug tests and claiming false positives being ordered by a judge to stop eating poppy seed bagels. (Which he may not have been actually eating, of course.)

I couldn’t find that story, but I did find that in Medina County, Ohio, it is a condition of probation that you not eat poppy seeds.

http://medinacountyprobation.org/about_us/rules-probation

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:22:46 +0000

Wow. I’d heard the poppy seed drug test false positive thing in high school and thought it was just a dumb urban legend. Had no idea it was real with actual consequences for people.

By: mmmwright

mmmwright — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:18:17 +0000

I had a boss who had worked in the White House during Bush 41 and he told me that was practically the first thing they all did when they left government service – went to the deli and got a poppy bagel or roll. If they ate them and had a drug test, there would be Trouble!

By: MattS

MattS — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:39:06 +0000

In reply to Steven. You are assuming that they aren't aware of the poppy seed false positive issue. It's far more likely that they just don't care.

By: SPO

SPO — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:11:27 +0000

The doc in the story has statist instincts. We can’t have the false negatives due to setting the bar too low. So we’ll just kidnap kids, and maybe they will be returned to the innocent parents.

This is really evil stuff.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:01:16 +0000

Don’t the Mythbusters have any fans in the public service? The MBs confirmed the poppy seed drug test thing in their first season.