{"product_id":"opium-for-the-masses-harvesting-natures-best-pain-medication-paperback","title":"Opium for the Masses: Harvesting Nature's Best Pain Medication - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Hogshire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe underground classic on America's forgotten opium\u003cbr\u003ehistory--botany, law, and the politics of a notorious plant.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in the 1990s, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpium for the Masses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Jim Hogshire became one\u003cbr\u003eof the most talked-about counterculture books on the history, legality, and\u003cbr\u003efolklore surrounding the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Blending\u003cbr\u003einvestigative reporting, cultural history, and archival research, Hogshire\u003cbr\u003eexamines how a plant once common in American gardens and medicine cabinets\u003cbr\u003ebecame one of the most heavily regulated substances in modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on historical documents, agricultural records, and\u003cbr\u003eimmigrant traditions, the book traces opium's role in nineteenth- and early\u003cbr\u003etwentieth-century medicine, wartime supply, and home remedies. Hogshire\u003cbr\u003esituates the poppy within a broader discussion of drug policy, prohibition, and\u003cbr\u003ethe shifting legal and cultural frameworks that transformed a widely known\u003cbr\u003emedicinal plant into a symbol of illicit pharmacology. The book's publication\u003cbr\u003esparked national media attention, including coverage in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cbr\u003ehas remained a frequently cited work in discussions of drug history, policy, \u003cbr\u003eand underground publishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eControversial since its release, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpium for the Masses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cbr\u003ebest understood as a document of cultural history and dissent--an examination of\u003cbr\u003ehow knowledge about plants, medicine, and law circulates outside official\u003cbr\u003echannels. Decades later, it continues to attract readers interested in drug\u003cbr\u003epolicy, ethnobotany, underground literature, and the history of American\u003cbr\u003eself-medication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA key title for readers of countercultural history, drug\u003cbr\u003epolicy, ethnobotany, and alternative publishing.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335852822765,"sku":"9781932595468","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/LrTgpFpFxH9781932595468.webp?v=1785051428","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/opium-for-the-masses-harvesting-natures-best-pain-medication-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}