Two cases of severe opiate toxicity after ingestion of poppy seed tea

Meghan B. SpyresDivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Correspondence[email protected]

Xander M. R. van WijkDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA;

Jeff LapointDivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1780-3614

Michael LevineDivision of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA;

Pages 102-104 | Received 17 Jul 2018, Accepted 20 Oct 2018, Published online: 20 Nov 2018

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