Seeds of Vice · First editions by Kenneth Vice
Hold the record
in your hands.
The knowledge remains free to read. These personally autographed hardcovers preserve the work in physical form and help finance the independent institution that produced it.
Why the shop exists
The knowledge is free. Physical copies keep the giving going.
Seeds of Vice is an educational and documentary institution before it is a store. The Free Digital Library remains open without a membership or paywall. Buying a physical edition supports independent research, source preservation, the State Pain Atlas, the DEA Division Atlas, Proof of Progress, future publishing, book giveaways, seed gifts, and the continued construction of a public record that anyone can inspect.
Each book may stand alone, but together they form a developing record of the poppy plant, the human consequences surrounding it, and the public machinery that controls lawful medicine. The shop exists for readers who want to own that record, give it to another person, or help keep the digital work freely available.
Read freely. Buy deliberately. Keep the record moving.
Individual books
Choose the part of the record you want to understand first.
Three first-edition hardcovers. Each is personally autographed by Kenneth Vice and sold as a physical book.
Seeds of Vice: On Poppy Tea
Kenneth Vice’s foundational work on the poppy plant, history, risk, personal witness, and the difficult realities surrounding poppy tea.
Seeds of Vice: On the Poppy Plant
A practical and historical study of Papaver somniferum as a lawful plant, including cultivation, observation, flowers, recordkeeping, responsibility, and stewardship.
Proof of Progress: Mr. DEA’s Diversion
A history and critique of DEA Diversion Control, America’s drug war, pain policy, medical regulation, and the authority standing between doctor and patient.
Two-book sets
Pair the subjects that belong together.
Every available two-book combination is kept as a distinct set of autographed first-edition hardcovers.
On Poppy Tea + On the Poppy Plant
The two Seeds of Vice poppy volumes together. Books only.
On Poppy Tea + Proof of Progress
The foundational poppy-tea volume paired with the DEA Diversion public-policy record. Books only.
On the Poppy Plant + Proof of Progress
The lawful-plant study paired with the DEA Diversion public-policy record. Books only.
The complete collection
Keep all three first editions together as one developing record.
Complete Seeds of Vice Autographed Hardcover Set
All three published Seeds of Vice hardcovers by Kenneth Vice, personally autographed and sold together. The set preserves the plant, lived record, and public-policy volumes as one physical collection.
Before you order
The physical edition is the purchase. The knowledge remains public.
These listings are for books only. Each listed volume is a first-edition hardcover personally autographed by Kenneth Vice. Shipping is calculated at checkout. On the Poppy Plant may be ordered while on backorder, as stated on its product listing.