Opium for the masses : a practical guide to growing poppies and making opium / by Jim Hogshire.

  • Hogshire, Jim
Date:
[1994]
  • Books

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Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

Port Townsend, Washington : Loompanics Unlimited, [1994]

Physical description

112 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

Related material

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-107) and index.

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

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ISBN

  • 1559501146
  • 9781559501149