Deaths
In 2003, a fatal overdose of poppy seed tea was reported on a website written by the victim's parents, which alleged that a sample of poppy seed tea was sent for laboratory analysis. This victim is reported to have used 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg)of poppy seeds in his tea preparation as on several previous occasions. The concentration of morphine in the tea was shown to be around 250 μg/ml and the amount of morphine which had been consumed by the individual was around 500 mg. This is about five times the lethal oral dose (without tolerance to opioids). ABC News reported on the incident in January 2008.
On May 19, 2012, a 19-year-old from Nova Scotia died after drinking the tea from a poppy seed pod he purchased on the Internet. In November 2012, A Tasmanian youth died after drinking tea brewed from seed heads, and a 50-year-old Tasmanian man died in similar circumstances in February 2011.
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