Hey all.. just thought I'd put out an alert to any Aussies here who drink poppy seed tea or are considering doing so. The past few days there have been a series of hospitalisations from people drinking "hoyts" brand poppy seeds in a tea preparation.. it has been confirmed that a number of the people had very high levels of thebaine in their blood... seizure like symptoms have been experienced, elevated heart rate, dizziness, vomitting, stomach pain and difficulty breathing. I can confirm some of these symptoms as I unfortunately went through an ordeal myself..

Apparently a high thebaine strain of seed was accidentally leaked into the food supply.. I will post more when I know more. I would strongly recommend refraining from drinking poppy seed tea in Australia at the moment.