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Poppy Seed Drug Test

Season 1 • Episode 3

Find out if one poppy seed bagel can tilt the results of a drug test and whether balloons can carry a lawn chair. Is a body covered in gold paint able to breathe, or is this a glamorous way to die?

44 min|TV-PG|Premiered 03/07/2003

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