Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Poppy(cock)

Poppies are beautiful flowers, take this purple poppy for example.  Alas, for many individuals, the poppy is simply considered an insidious source of opium, or, a garnish for bagels.  While tooling around yesterday, I stumbled on an article by Michael Pollan, titled “Opium, Made Easy,” and subtitled “One gardener’s encounter with the war on drugs.”

The article is an interesting, albeit long, read with DEA agents, dried flower sellers, a snitch posing as an anarchist, the snitche’s victim on the run from the law, recipes, fevered dreams, and government foolishness.  Enjoy.

Posted by John Venlet on 05/25 at 10:21 AM
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