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Opium for the Masses: A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium

by Jim Hogshire

ISBN13: 9781559501149
ISBN10: 1559501146
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Synopsis:

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-107) and index.
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ISBN:
9781559501149
Subtitle:
A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium
Author:
Hogshire, Jim
Publisher:
Loompanics Unlimited
Location:
Port Townsend, Wash. :
Subject:
Techniques
Subject:
Botany
Subject:
Popular Culture - Counter Culture
Subject:
Opium
Subject:
Opium poppy
Subject:
Life Sciences - Botany
Copyright:
1994
Series Volume:
145
Publication Date:
July 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
8.51x5.52x.35 in. .41 lbs.
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