How many poppy seeds do you have to eat to get a dirty drug test?

I am in recovery, in a Program, I at a sandwich with poppy seeds on the bun. now I'm scared, will I test dirty?

78. I hope you counted them. OK... really I would not worry about it and continue with your program, we're all hoping you make it!!

Folks, The Best answer isnt correct. If you eat 3 poppy seed bagels, you will fail the drug test for opium. This is proven on the Discovery Channel Show "mythbusters" and in may other shows. Report Abuse

It takes 24 hours or more for the test to turn negative for bagels. So be cautious. You can search for the info on this on the discussion board. Report Abuse

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A tv show called Mythbusters looked into this but I don't recall the results.

I would say three poppy seed buns in a day might do it.

One muffin will do it. I know because I have done the test on myself, did not believe that, thought of it as modern urban myth/old wives' tale. But that is on the screening test only. In order to report the test as definitely positive, the lab must do confirmatory tests, and *that* test will know the difference and yield true results.

So if you are truly clean besides that, and the employer uses an accredited lab, you should be fine.

2 poppy seed bagels is enough to test positive for opiates on a drug screen!!!!

Not many. The amount on a bagel or hard roll will do it. I don't know if you have too much to worry about. The amount in something like that will not be huge. It will show up, but I am sure there is a difference in the concentration of that than something like heroin.

Its a myth. Eat as many as you want.