It’s old news, and all over the Internet by now, but if you haven’t seen it there’s this great article on the dangers of collecting opium antiques.
I often think so much can be learned by looking to our past mistakes. It’s a shame as a people we aren’t so good at not making the same mistakes over and over, but there’s still a lot to be learned from the past. I think you can really understand something about today’s drug wars, by looking at how it all started with opium.
Reading the above article led me to one written a few years ago by Michael Pollan, on what NOT to do with the poppies you grow in your own garden.
Finally, compliments of Jeremy at the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog, here’s an article on the Alberta police helping to keep the world safe by eradicating the daisy, er marihuana .
