http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dave-mirra-cte-brain-injury_us_574464e0e4b0613b512b3c0d
Dave Mirra, the legendary athlete who helped popularize BMX in the world of extreme sports, suffered from chronic brain damage when he died in February…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dave-mirra-cte-brain-injury_us_574464e0e4b0613b512b3c0d
Dave Mirra, the legendary athlete who helped popularize BMX in the world of extreme sports, suffered from chronic brain damage when he died in February…
http://www.wesjones.com/pollan1.htm
Opium Made Easy by Michael Pollan
One gardener’s encounter with the war on drugs
And although I did not yet have direct knowledge that these poppies could be made into a narcotic tea, James Duke, a botanist I contacted at the United States Department of Agriculture, had told me that ordinary, garden-variety opium poppies did contain morphine and codeine, and that these alkaloids could easily and effectively be extracted from fresh or dried seedpods by infusing them in hot water – by making a tea. Duke, who has done extensive work on poppies and is something of a legend in botanical circles, further suggested that alcohol would make a better solvent for extracting alkaloids from poppies than water…
You’ve been poppied. LOL. Now, go make some tea.