Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis

Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium

Lucy Inglis

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nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the 'Milk of Paradise' for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain - and hugely addictive. A commodity wit...

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