Are all varieties of poppy seeds edible, and are the opium variety devoid of any intoxicating effect?!


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Are all varieties of poppy seeds edible, and are the opium variety devoid of any intoxicating effect?



Answers: Most poppy seeds that you can buy for baking are in fact from opium poppies. Hypothetically, you could plant ordinary poppy seeds in your yard and have a crop of opium in a couple months.

Poppy seeds themselves do not contain opium or morphine or anything else that can get you high. Opium comes from the skin of the seed pods, not the seeds themselves. Of course, sometimes the seeds can become coated in the opium latex.. but in most cases, the seeds are washed before being distributed.

If you are using poppy seeds for baking, it's best to rinse them a few times before use. If there is still opium residue on them, they will have a very bitter taste.

Also, poppy seeds are not "burned" before being distributed. They are naturally that color. Although some varieties are lighter and others have a dark blueish color too them. Source(s):
drug geek. They do not intoxicate if eaten directly but taste bloody horrible compared to the non-opium ones for some obscure reason! http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?... No, they are purposly "BURNED" so they cannot be used to grow "POPPY" plants, notice that poppy seeds are BLACK ? thats from being "BURNED" in an oven before distribution. The ones you can buy in the shops are all edible. Not being familiar with the opium ones I do not know whether they are intoxicating if eaten or not. Be careful if you work for a company that loves giving drug tests. It has been proven that poppy seeds will give a false positive for opium use. The drug testing companies have tried to make it out to be just another urban legend but there were experiments done (notably Mythbusters) that show that you will test positive for some time.



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