phr
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mulberryman said:Yes, I agree that site is overzealous, but I ony posted it to show that the seeds do contain opiates, although not within them. They ususally do have opium residue on them, however, and saying that just because this is on the outside, that they don't contain opiates, is like saying that trees do not contain bark. It is possible to have opiate-free seeds, either if they've been washed in chemicals, which would probably seriously alter their flavor, and thus not usually done, or nearly opiate-free seeds, from pods that have been scraped well, and harvested for opium, but since seeds grown for culinary purposes are probably less likely to have been have been harvested for opium, its likely that these seeds will have traces of morphine and other opiates, and will cause positive results on drug tests if enough are consumed, and large quantities can be extracted en-mass to make opium tea or further evaporated into dried powder. I have even heard of people spraying seeds with morphine in order to smuggle it through customs, although I don't know how practical this woud be.
I never argued with you about alkaloids and seeds. I've said it in other threads, seeds have no alkaloids in them.
It seems like you and whoever you're arguing with are just arguing over semantics.