India, March 9 -- Drug testing has become increasingly commonplace across various professional institutions. However, the accuracy of the results and the validity of the tests remain open to question.

Taking to Instagram on March 8, Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, explained how even an apparently harmless breakfast like poppy seed muffins can result in positive results in drug screens.

Dr Sood stated that poppy seeds come from the opium poppy, which, as the name suggests, produces opium, a powerful narcotic. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website, the derivatives of opium include morphine, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone.

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