Draws a fascinating portrait of the drug, its history and its lore. Tracing the path of Opium's creation and consumption, from the swaying poppy fields of Asia and the Middle East to the dimly-lit, smoke-laden dens of Europe and North America, Hodgson describes how this drug has been alternately rhapsodized, demonized and anointed.
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Draws a fascinating portrait of the drug, its history and its lore. Tracing the path of Opium's creation and consumption, from the swaying poppy fields of Asia and the Middle East to the dimly-lit, smoke-laden dens of Europe and North America, Hodgson describes how this drug has been alternately rhapsodized, demonized and anointed.
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