Poppy seeds or khus khus are deceptively innocuous. And I'm not just talking of their opiate qualities. But toasted, ground or blended with other ingredients, they add an intriguing flavour and ...

Poppy farmer Santiago Sanchez holds the seeds of an opium poppy plant in Juquila Yucucani in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso ...

WASHINGTON – Back away from the baked goods, Doughboy. That's the warning from the Pentagon to its 1.3 million active-duty soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines amid fresh concerns that tainted poppy ...

To many Californians, poppies are the brilliant orange wildflowers that carpet our landscape in early spring. A field of these vivid blossoms swaying in the breeze is a real treat for the eye. Since ...

The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the ...