Dangers Of Poppy Seed Tea.

[Vince]

 

[Re-Ride]

Papaver somniferum, the opium poppyis an important ornamental and culinary species which is legal to grow in most nations. A tax act in 1942 attempted to regulate cultivation in the U.S. much like the original attempt to outlaw marijuana but it was repealed in 1970. It must be cultivated in a certain way before the latex containing the opiate can be harvested from bulb or seed pod for drug production. Commercially available seeds would have to be contaminated by latex during harvest or processing making the seed an unreliable source of opiate. Dried stalks with pods have long been readily available from wholesale providers to florists. The practice of making poppy pod tea is a very old one. Realistically any abuse awareness campaign would focus on the education of youth on the danger of pod tea abuse not seed tea abuse. Both make a wretched drink and are insignificant in light of the huge problem pharmaceutical opiates pose which are readily available at a low cost to drug experimenters and abusers.

So who is this guy? And why all the hype about a single reported death over 13 years ago?

Next time you visit your TRT clinic look for him. He's the one jotting down license tag numbers or masquerading as a patient. When he's not doing that he's posting to youth oriented sites spouting the supposed virtues of seed tea in an orbital slingshot maneuver to capitolies off the very real concerns and actual deaths caused by pharma opiates.

 

[PAUL-E]

More people die from prescription drugs and even OTC acetaminophen (Tylenol) has a higher death rate but still good to be aware

 

[Vince]

he's a former opiate addict, I follow on YouTube

 

[Re-Ride]

Vince, anything that raises awareness of the current opiate drug abuse epidemic is a good thing. I do not for a minute doubt that with considerable effort compared to buying a cheap readily available black market pill, experimenters can obtain dangerous and unpredictable amounts of opiate from some poppy seeds. Where is the face of this alleged problem?

I was aware of two persons in the mid to late 90's who bought dried opiate stems from wholesale flower marts to make pod tea. One was a chronic pain sufferer. Both had a long history of drug experimentation and were of the hippie generation. Poorly educated, the marginalized and those living rurally are at the highest risk for opiate abuse. The current epidemic cuts across a wide swath. Ryan makes his viewers aware that the old stereotype no longer applies. IMO the seed video isn't one of his better presentations.

A fair number of members seeking hormonal normalcy have mentioned prescribed drugs in their present or past. It is tragic to see lives destroyed by opioids, more so when those lives are teens as I myself have seen this past year with a neighbors kid.

 

[Vince]

So many people are addicts, where I live there used to be a bar (tavern) on every corner. It seems like civilization goes from one drug to another.