Mother lost custody of baby after eating poppy seed bagel

[green73]

A Pennsylvania mother who had her baby taken away after eating a single poppy seed bagel caused her to fail a drug test settled for nearly $144,000 Wednesday.

Elizabeth Mort, 24, won the settlement after suing Lawrence County child welfare authorities and Jameson Hospital in Pittsburgh in 2010, ABC News reported.

Mort's attorney said she tested positive for opiates after eating a bagel while on the way to the hospital to deliver her baby, Isabella Rodriguez, in April 2010, the broadcaster said. The hospital alerted the county welfare department, which led to department staff and police forcibly removing Mort's 3-day-old daughter from her home for five days.

"I was devastated. I just cried and cried and cried. I didn't want to let her go. I was heartbroken," Mort said at the time she filed suit.

A follow-up investigation found no evidence Mort had used drugs, and she got her baby back.

In addition to the cash settlement, Jameson Hospital agreed to change its policies for drug testing, a hospital official told ABC News.

Lawrence County agreed to tell mothers if they test positive for drugs before seeking a court order to remove a child from the home, attorney Sara Rose of the American Civil Liberties Union, which assisted Mort, said.

The newspaper said calls to the Lawrence County Department of Public Safety were not returned.

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20130703-153722-4835

[Dr.3D]

Who gave the hospital permission to do a drug test on her?

[HOLLYWOOD]

Who gave the hospital permission to do a drug test on her?Yeah, when has this been allowed? $144K? Should of took those involved, to civil court and made them pay restitution. Violated Constitutional Rights.

[Generalissimo]

I think to prevent this in the future the government should just ban poppy seed bagels.

Or ban government. That seems better.

[green73]

I think to prevent this in the future the government should just ban poppy seed bagels.

Or ban government. That seems better.

Anarchist!

http://jordanhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-78.jpg

[Zippyjuan]

Can that really cause you to fail a drug test?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxr6bQikRk0

http://www.winchesterhospital.org/health-library/article?id=156998

True or False: Eating Poppy Seed Pastries Can Lead To a Positive Drug Test for Heroin


Drug testing is becoming more and more common in our society, and false positive results can have a devastating impact on an innocent person’s career. Have you heard rumors that eating poppy seed pastries can cause positive test results for heroin? It’s true! Opiates (such as heroine, morphine, and codeine) can be found in urine samples for as long as two days after eating poppy seed-containing foods, and for up to 60 hours if large quantities of the seeds are consumed. Hair analysis is a more accurate, but less commonly used method of testing for recent heroin use: in a hair analysis, a false positive test would not occur after eating poppy seed pastries.

[Dr.3D]

Can that really cause you to fail a drug test?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxr6bQikRk0
Do you actually believe what you see on that show?

[Generalissimo]

Can that really cause you to fail a drug test?

It happened to a friend of mine. She had to take a physical, which included a urine test, before a company trip to Kenya. She used to eat poppy seed bagels regularly and tested positive for opium. Her boss used to be an opium addict and told her she couldn't go on the trip until she got clean.

[Zippyjuan]

Do you actually believe what you see on that show?
They said "yes, you can".

[Dr.3D]

They said "yes, you can".

I know..... but they have been wrong about so many things, I just don't bother to watch them anymore.

Also, if they had eaten the paste that is made from poppy seed, they would have had an even stronger reaction on their test. Some seeds will produce more on an reaction that others and when made into a paste, they are much stronger.

People are often warned not to eat that before flying to India and points around that area.

[CPUd]

It happened to a friend of mine. She had to take a physician, which included a urine test, before a company trip to Kenya. She used to eat poppy seed bagels regularly and tested positive for opium. Her boss used to be an opium addict and told her she couldn't go on the trip until she got clean.

http://i.imgur.com/SgtN5Gs.jpg

[green73]

It happened to a friend of mine. She had to take a physical, which included a urine test, before a company trip to Kenya. She used to eat poppy seed bagels regularly and tested positive for opium. Her boss used to be an opium addict and told her she couldn't go on the trip until she got clean.

uh huh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFqOSa7u0dA

[mad cow]

It could have been six pomegranate seeds and not just her but everybody on entire planet sentenced to never-ending Climate-Change.
She,and we,got off light.