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San Francisco, The Land of the Lotus-Eaters

San Francisco, The Land of the Lotus-Eaters

The City by the Bay and its Drug Addiction Crisis

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Sean Kullman
Feb 08, 2022
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In Homer’s great epic the Odyssey, the land of the Lotus-Eaters is a place where inhabitants and wayward sailors live in drug-induced states.  In this place, men forget about families and responsibilities and drift into a never-ending delirium supported by a never-ending supply of narcotics. The only escape is being forcefully taken away, kicking and s…

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