Green Mountain Opium Eaters Merchandise the economic visionaries that nurtured

the economic visionaries that nurtured the town and steered its growth

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The resilient Fanny Penniman created the first herbarium

Jewish and Italian neighborhoods all combined to give a unique character to the city

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Green Mountain Opium Eaters Merchandise the economic visionaries that nurturedThe green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3. 3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all