oh, and i don't know if anyone mentioned this, but technically poppy tea is not legal (as the original post implies) in the US, anyway.
'poppy straw' is a schedule II substance. i believe 'poppy straw' refers to ground poppy pod, but it may also refer to dried pods themselves. there have been debates regarding the legality of dried pods - i really have no idea since i hate poppy pod tea, but the bottom line is that once you grind the pods up and make a tea, you are now possessing 'poppy straw.'
that's not to be alarmist, though, because most likely the pigs will have no fucking clue about poppy tea or the abuse potential of pods or what ground pods look like or whatever, but it's always good to know your shit.
if you tell laypeople (as in, the drug-naive alcoholics that populate the west) that you make a tea from pods or poppy seeds, 99/100 times they will think it's, like, making an herbal tea. when i did poppy seed tea, i did this all the time just for kicks....never met someone who caught on at all.