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Is this morphine + drug test due to poppy seeds?

From: Dr. Vrablik
Password: orange
Date: 04 Apr 2008
Time: 10:00:23 -0800
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Is a morphine level of 3,991 ng/dL consistent with a history of daily lunch time poppy seed ingestion?  Codeine is negative.  6-MAM testing is pending.  My understanding was that poppy seeds typically generated morphine levels of <2,000 ng/dL.  There is no evidence of intravenous drug abuse in this donor.  This is a non-DOT test. Anyone's thoughts?