“This book covers the subject of opium from the earliest historical references to the present time… Flowers in the Blood provides a fascinating documentation for a sane approach to opium and opiates.” –William S. Burroughs “Not a pro-drug sermon, but a thoroughgoing and at times very funny debing of anti-drug paranoia… An irreverent, exuberant, and sometimes eminently sensible affair.” ... Read more–Kirkus Reviews “This book is the best this critic has ever read on the full history of the drug.” –Whittier, CA News “Dean Latimer and Jeff Goldberg have produces a well-written book setting forth the history of opium use, in which they do not disguise their hostility to the scapegoating of drugs and drug users.” –Thomas Szasz, Inquiry “This book covers the subject of opium from the earliest historical references to the present time… Flowers in the Blood provides a fascinating documentation for a sane approach to opium and opiates.” –William S. Burroughs “Not a pro-drug sermon, but a thoroughgoing and at times very funny debing of anti-drug paranoia… An irreverent, exuberant, and sometimes eminently sensible affair.” –Kirkus Reviews “This book is the best this critic has ever read on the full history of the drug.” –Whittier, CA News “Dean Latimer and Jeff Goldberg have produces a well-written book setting forth the history of opium use, in which they do not disguise their hostility to the scapegoating of drugs and drug users.” –Thomas Szasz, Inquiry Show Less