Thinking of you, Dave Mirra

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…

The Incredible Edible Poppy

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.