![]() Nor do we know who first found out that if you cut the pod with a small knife, capture its milky sap, and leave that to harden in the air, you’ll get a smokable nugget that provides an even more intense experience. No one knows when the first curious human learned to crush this bulblike pod and mix it with water, creating a substance that has an oddly calming and euphoric effect on the human brain. The seeds are nutritious and have no psychotropic effects. The blooms last only a few days and then the petals fall, revealing a matte, greenish-gray pod fringed with flutes. ![]() It thrives in temperate climates, needs no fertilizer, attracts few pests, and is as tough as many weeds. It is a beautiful, hardy flower, Papaver somniferum, a poppy that grows up to four feet in height and arrives in a multitude of colors. Now epic numbers of Americans are killing themselves with opioids to escape it.
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