The first drug law established in the United States, prohibited the use of the drug opium, in any Chinese opium smoking dens. The drug law was said to be enforced so they could cut down on smoking of the endorphin enhancing drug between the white men and women and the Chinese, while inside these opium smoking lounges. The opium drug serves as a comfort drug for man to take to escape the somewhat cruel world they live in. Humans suffer from fatigue, hunger, and many other displeasures this world provides. But the plants grown by nature, help slightly soften the terms humans live with. These plants help a person have a passport from reality, and in this case, this certain passport was opium. The drug opium comes from the Papver Somniferum flower,
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As well as the fact that many of the Chinese men were unmarried and without families, which caused many fearing for women. They believed that the Chinese would lure women into their dens and morally corrupt them, which caused a great concern among the American people. Thus resulted in the ordinance banning people from their opium smoking dens. Many of the Americans believed that smoking of the drug was a great threat to the elite and middle classes values and they should not associate themselves with those that have bad morals and smoke the drug. The Chinese were prosecuted by many, our government wasn’t the only one to signal out the Chinese. The Chinese were also targeted by many American doctors and the American Medical Community. The American Medical Community sought to exclude the Chinese, they wanted to stop the Chinese from migrating to America. Because they believed that the Chinese smoking dens will morally corrupt American society and the moral system of the country. The doctors were especially concerned about the effects of the usage of opium on men and women’s sexual behavior. Doctors argued that the drug heightens men and women’s sexual desire and would endangered the country’s reproductive capacity. This also stirred fire among the religious reformers as well, because they …show more content…
In the 1830s the drug opium was used to help treat and combat asthma and also to treat and calm cranky babies. The morphine drug, which also is consider to a strong pain killer drug, was created from opium. One of the major uses for the new found drug was as a pain reliever during the Civil War. Opium became very popular during and after the American Civil War, for its pain reliving effects. Opium has many disadvantages but can have many advantages as well, the disadvantages to opium is the unwanted side effects with the drug such as, overdosing, anxiety, coma, confusion, and disorientation which are the most common side effects to this drug. Some of advantages this drug has brought was the drug morphine which is still used today in treatments. Opium is also used to help treat Hepatocellular cancer. Even though opium’s many disadvantages weighs out the advantages the drug has. But, you can’t totally discredit this drug completely the opium poppy flower has a great deal of history. Its history on how it impacted the Chinese culture and the beginning of America is just another chapter in how far America has come in certain
As well as the fact that many of the Chinese men were unmarried and without families, which caused many fearing for women. They believed that the Chinese would lure women into their dens and morally corrupt them, which caused a great concern among the American people. Thus resulted in the ordinance banning people from their opium smoking dens. Many of the Americans believed that smoking of the drug was a great threat to the elite and middle classes values and they should not associate themselves with those that have bad morals and smoke the drug. The Chinese were prosecuted by many, our government wasn’t the only one to signal out the Chinese. The Chinese were also targeted by many American doctors and the American Medical Community. The American Medical Community sought to exclude the Chinese, they wanted to stop the Chinese from migrating to America. Because they believed that the Chinese smoking dens will morally corrupt American society and the moral system of the country. The doctors were especially concerned about the effects of the usage of opium on men and women’s sexual behavior. Doctors argued that the drug heightens men and women’s sexual desire and would endangered the country’s reproductive capacity. This also stirred fire among the religious reformers as well, because they …show more content…
In the 1830s the drug opium was used to help treat and combat asthma and also to treat and calm cranky babies. The morphine drug, which also is consider to a strong pain killer drug, was created from opium. One of the major uses for the new found drug was as a pain reliever during the Civil War. Opium became very popular during and after the American Civil War, for its pain reliving effects. Opium has many disadvantages but can have many advantages as well, the disadvantages to opium is the unwanted side effects with the drug such as, overdosing, anxiety, coma, confusion, and disorientation which are the most common side effects to this drug. Some of advantages this drug has brought was the drug morphine which is still used today in treatments. Opium is also used to help treat Hepatocellular cancer. Even though opium’s many disadvantages weighs out the advantages the drug has. But, you can’t totally discredit this drug completely the opium poppy flower has a great deal of history. Its history on how it impacted the Chinese culture and the beginning of America is just another chapter in how far America has come in certain