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ISBN 10: 1932595465
ISBN 13: 9781932595468
Author: Jim Hogshire
“Contrary to general belief, there is no federal law against growing P. somniferum.”—Martha Stewart Living
“Regarded as ‘God’s own medicine,’ preparations of opium were as common in the Victorian medicine cabinet as aspirin is in ours. As late as 1915, pamphlets issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture were still mentioning opium poppies as a good cash crop for northern farmers. Well into this century, Russian, Greek, and Arab immigrants in America have used poppy-head tea as a mild sedative and a remedy for headaches, muscle pain, cough, and diarrhea. During the Civil War, gardeners in the South were encouraged to plant opium for the war effort, in order to ensure a supply of painkillers for the Confederate Army. What Hogshire has done is to excavate this vernacular knowledge and then publish it to the world—in how-to form, with recipes.”— Michael Pollan
First published fifteen years ago, Opium for the Masses instantly became a national phenomenon. Michael Pollan wrote a lengthy feature (“Opium, made easy”) about Jim Hogshire in Harper’s Magazine, amazed that the common plant, P. somniferum, or opium poppies, which grows wild in many states and is available at crafts and hobby stores and nurseries, could also be made into a drinkable tea that acts in a way similar to codeine or Vicodin.
With Opium for the Masses as their guide, Americans can learn how to supplement their own medicine chest with natural and legal pain medicine, without costly and difficult trips to the doctor and pharmacy.
Opium for the masses harvesting nature s best pain medication 1st Table of contents:
CHAPTER 1 – ROMANTIC POETS AND DOPE FIENDS
ROMEO AND JULIET PALE BESIDE SUCH ROMANCE
OPIUM ADDICTION: AN HONEST DISCLAIMER
WHO’S A HOPHEAD?
ALL THOSE FAMOUS ADDICTS
THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF OPIUM
WHAT OPIUM FEELS LIKE
POPULAR PERCEPTIONS OF OPIUM
OPIUM AS A GIFT OF GOD
OPIUM EATER’S SOLILOQUY
MORE OPIATED PHYSICAL EFFECTS
CHAPTER 2 – THE WAR ON POPPIES
JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS THE OPIUM POPPY, ANYWAY?
THE POPPY REBELLION
SUBVERSIVE NURSERIES AND FLORISTS
THE RESULTS OF THE LATEST PROGRAM
OPIUM POPPY LAW
THE ROLE OF PAIN IN FREEDOM
CHAPTER 3 – YOUR VERY OWN POPPY TEA (AND LAUDANUM)
MAKING POPPY TEA
MAKING OPIUM FROM POPPY TEA
OTHER WAYS OF TAKING OPIUM
FOGLE’S GUIDE TO MAKING (A SORT OF) LAUDANUM
CHAPTER 4 – POPPY CULTIVATION
STILL, POPPIES GROW ANYWHERE.
HOW TO PLANT
WHERE TO GET SEEDS
HARVESTING
CHAPTER 5 – PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM AND OPIOID DRUGS
OPIUM IDENTIFICATION
MORPHINE
PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACOLOGY OF OPIATES
OPIOID DRUGS
HOW METHADONE GOT TO AMERICA
CHAPTER 6 – ENDORPHINS
THE BRAIN’S OPIUM
MORE THAN JUST A PASSEL OF ENDORPHINS
THE DAPPER PIPIE
CHAPTER 7 – THE DISCOVERY OF MORPHINE
THEN CAME MORPHINE.
THE POPPY WAS A GIFT THAT KEPT ON GIVING.
THE PAIN OF MORPHINE SCIENCE AND POLITICS
MORPHINE AND HEROIN
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