There are lots of urban legends, myths, and misconceptions about drugs and drug testing… so let’s get right to it and see which are true and which are not.
There actually is a bit of truth to this myth. Poppy seeds are from the opiate family and when you eat them, your body does produce the same metabolite as someone who uses heroin or codeine. But the amount of the metabolite that is produced from a poppy seed or hundreds of poppy seeds is significantly lower than heroin.