their free will - for love, fun or money - and others, many more in number, who rise from hell and can each tell an unbelievable tale of survival. then there are those who will not survive and whose stories will never be told, because all lives should matter, yet theirs don’t. butterfly-weed, that are deadly. if you cannot positively identify the plant as milkweed, do not consider eating it. there are plenty of other safe, edible, plants to eat out there without taking a chance of killing yourself or making yourself sick. a little common sense goes a long way here. 