Yes, you can fail a drug test by eating a poppyseed bagel, as a Maryland mother learned

It sounds like a flimsy excuse. But poppy seeds really can make you fail a drug test, both peer-reviewed scientific studies and unofficial experiments conducted by journalists have found. Because they're derived from opium poppies, they sometimes contain traces of morphine " not enough to get you high, obviously, but potentially enough to register on a highly sensitive drug test.