Opium for the masses : a practical guide to growing poppies and making opium

FREE UPGRADE TO PRIORITY MAIL, Brand New Loompanics Unlimited Softcover "Opium. Known as 'The Mother of All Analgesics,' it's probably the greatest pain killer ever discovered. Opium is the parent of morphine, heroin, laudanum, Darvocet, Darvon, and many other pain relievers. Opium causes poets to rhapsodize and nations to go to war. 'Religion... is the opium of the people,' said Karl Marx, but some people insist on the real thing. In Opium for the Masses, Jim Hogshire tells you everything you want to know about the beloved poppy and its amazing properties [...] As he reveals the secrets of the seductive opium poppy, he tells the sad story of prescription drugs: doctors, drug makers and governments prohibiting natural remedies in favor of harsh synthetic derivatives. Opium for the Masses includes rare photographs and detailed illustrations that bring this magnificent plant to life."--From cover Everything you want to know about the beloved poppy and its amazing properties, including:
-- What does the opium high feel like?
-- The stunning similarities between opium and your body's natural endorphins
-- Morphine and its derivatives
-- How to grow opium poppies
-- Sources for fertile poppy seeds
-- How to harvest the opium from a crop of poppies
-- How to make poppy tea
-- Other ways of making and ingesting opium
-- And much morel Also includes rare photographs and detailed illustrations that bring this magnificent plant to life. The Revised and Enlarged Edition of a national phenomenon that shows people how to grow and consume the primary medicine from the 19th century doctor's bag. "Opium for the Masses offers simple recipes for making 'poppy tea' from either store-bought or homegrown poppies, and Hogshire reports that a cup of this infusion would reliably relieve pain from anxiety and produce a sense of well being and relaxation." — Michael Pollan