1. Poppy seeds
... plan to eat a couple of these for breakfast before going off to a job interview, particularly in the USA, you might want to think again. According to the American Civil Liberties Union 80% of large US companies are using random drug tests in the workplace and as employment screens these days -- and indulging in poppy seeds is one way to trigger a false positive for morphine or heroin use. This ... 's sensitive radioimmunoassay and GC/MS techniques can easily detect morphine from eating just one bagel with poppy seed decoration. Indeed, the U.S. Olympic Committee's drug hotline recommends...
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