They stopped using morphine for a while after the Civil War for a while if I'm not mistaken because of addiction problems. Not sure when it was reintroduced. This was back in the days when you could get this stuff at a local pharmacy or apothecary.
They stopped using morphine for a while after the Civil War for a while if I'm not mistaken because of addiction problems. Not sure when it was reintroduced. This was back in the days when you could get this stuff at a local pharmacy or apothecary.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
[QUOTE=Mister D;141412 I got indigestion from it.[/QUOTE]
Over here we call it brain failure .
Many of the apparently great English Victorian poets were dope heads -- opium . Laudanum .
And of course modern Psychiatry features Mister Freud and some of his friends , all avid Dope fiends . Opium and Cocaine.
I swore by trifle until I embarked on this wretched diet.
But what about my great grand father --- a certain Mister Holmes ?
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Basil Rathbone was All doped up? That Sherlock Holmes? Hmmmm Gene Wilder I could believe.
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Laudanum.....yeah isnt that what they went to during the Civil War or Rights before it really? Isn't that a dirivitive of Heroin?
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Interesting...
Later it was found that morphine was more addictive than either alcohol or opium, and its extensive use during the American Civil War allegedly resulted in over 400,000[69] sufferers from the "soldier's disease" of morphine addiction.[70][71] This idea has been a subject of controversy, as there have been suggestions that such a disease was in fact a fabrication; the first documented use of the phrase "soldier's disease" was in 1915.[72][73]
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
MMC (09-26-2012)
All opioids are highly addictive though. It would make sense that addiction was common particularly at a time when no one knew the risks.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
One-fourth of the opium grown is grown in Myanmar...
UN report: Opium cultivation rising in Burma
31 October 2012 - Burma accounts for 25% of opium grown in the world
Opium growing has increased in Burma for a sixth year running despite eradication efforts, a UN report says. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said land used for opium had risen by 17% this year, from nearly 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) to 51,000 hectares. Burma is the second largest opium grower in the world after Afghanistan. Almost all of the opium it produces is grown in Shan and Kachin states, which have seen longstanding conflict between the military and ethnic rebel groups.
'Toxic combination'
Citing figures from the Burmese government, the report said almost 24,000 hectares of poppy fields had been eradicated in 2012 - about four times the figure in 2011. Gary Lewis, UNODC representative in South East Asia, said the situation on the ground was "very complex". In areas where opium was grown, there was ''a toxic combination of guns, money and drugs'', he said. The army and rebel fighters often profit from allowing the trade to continue. Farmers, meanwhile, say the instability means they have little choice but to continue growing the lucrative poppy plant - which is used to make heroin. Burma accounts for 25% of opium grown in the world, while Laos accounts for 3%, said the report, entitled the South East Asia Opium Survey 2012.
In Laos, land used to grow opium increased almost four-fold between 2007 and 2012 to 6,300 hectares. The recent rise contrasts with the situation from 1998 to 2006, when both Burma and Laos saw big drops - with an 83% reduction in the case of Burma. Most of Burma's opium is refined into heroin - about half goes to meet the growing market in China, with the rest being sold across South East Asia. Part of the reason for the sustained growth in the cultivation of this crop is the demand for heroin in Asia, said the report.
But the good news, in the case of Burma, was that there was now ''momentum to find the solution'', Mr Lewis said. There is support from President Thein Sein's government, which has embarked on a series of reforms. Ceasefires and political opening up also meant that international organisations such as the UN now have better access to the areas. The Golden Triangle - where Burma, Thailand and Laos meet - has been notorious for opium and drug smuggling for decades.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20150082