“The poppy has grown apace and is killing gods and fairies. Its fumes are suffocating the world, and its roots drain it of its beautiful strength.”
Excerpt From: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany. “Fifty-One Tales.” iBooks.
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that tale by dunsany, the giant poppy, about an earlier opioid epidemic and what they tried to do about it. a timely one considering the news on heights canadian opioid deaths are expected to reach by the end of 2017.