In Britain and the Commonwealth of Countries, former territories of the British Empire, a red poppy worn on one's lapel is a reminder of the costs of war and those who died fighting those wars.

The US Defense Department issued an official warning to troops last week: If you don’t want to test positive on a drug test, you should avoid poppy seeds.

More than a century after “In Flanders Fields,” the poppy still symbolizes Memorial Day and is used to honor our fallen military heroes.

While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and processed -- can contain opium alkaloids such as morphine and codeine ...

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a tribute to military sacrifice with 600,000 poppies, marking WWII and Vietnam War anniversaries.

For people who are not in the military but have an upcoming drug test, all three experts interviewed said they should definitely avoid poppy seeds for a few days, if not weeks or months, before ...

(CNN) - The U.S. military is telling active-duty soldiers to stop eating poppy seed bagels, pastries and other foods with poppy seeds. The top Pentagon official for personnel sent a memo warning ...

“Concerns with poppy seeds and drug testing are not new,” Cisneros wrote in the memo. “The Military Departments are hereby directed to notify service members to avoid consumption of all ...

(CNN) - The U.S. military is telling active-duty soldiers to stop eating poppy seed bagels, pastries and other foods with poppy seeds. The top Pentagon official for personnel sent a memo warning ...