Nice “Opium Addiction” Photos
A few nice opium addiction images I found:
NOT NOAH’S ARK — An OPIUM Storage Ship off the Coast of SHANGHAI in OLD CHINA — A Curse Forced on China by the Civilized Nations of the World (1)
Image by Okinawa Soba
Before there were the OPIUM WARS of the 19th Century, China was was the recipient of illegally imported OPIUM to the tune of 900 tons a year. No matter how much the Chinese Government (located in the North) tried to stop it with laws and decrees, it just kept pouring in through the south…mainly smuggled in by the BRITISH. This led to war, which the British won, after which Opium became the life of the party for an entire nation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
THE POPPY FIELDS of OLD CHINA — The First Step in the Production of Opium, Morphine, and Heroin
Image by Okinawa Soba
Ca.1900 image. Photographer unknown.
See the full stereoview version here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3490783128/
Before there were the OPIUM WARS of the 19th Century, China was was the recipient of illegally imported OPIUM to the tune of 900 tons a year. No matter how much the Chinese Government (located in the North) tried to stop it with laws and decrees, it just kept pouring in through the south…mainly smuggled in by the BRITISH. This led to war, which the British won, after which Opium became the life of the party for an entire nation.