Opium

Introduction: The Film “Time Bomb” goes into detail regarding the pain relief tablet “Oxycodone” and how the billion-dollar painkiller has influenced countless American lives. Back in its heyday before its reputational downfall Oxycodone was used to relief individuals with soreness, muscle pain and stiffness for a temporary and in a short period of time. It may have been known as the miracle drug, helping American lives deal with their pain and let them carry on with their daily lives, but is…

An opiate is commonly associated with chronic pain. But with me I associate opiates with a prescribed drug that’s taking innocent lives daily. I had this realization when I was ten, when my uncle was suffering from an accidental overdose caused by opiates. I was lucky enough for my uncle to survive it. But what about the people who aren't as lucky as my uncle? And what about the people who soon will suffer from this drug? There is an addiction going on in the world right now, and if we as a…

They argued that opium was difficult to control because there were many traders who could sell as much as they wanted. The most significant problem they discussed was that they could not handle all of the opium addicts. One upside of opium was that it was proven to have positive medicinal effects. However, the nonmedicinal uses were very harmful. They came to a conclusion that it should be banned for recreational use, but still be allowed for medicinal use. Public opium dens were banned as…

addictive nature. However, the ban was not effective as they continued importing opium and using this drug. Following several unsuccessful edicts to ban the imports 1839, he ordered for Canton to be completely closed to ships importing opium since it was the only port open for foreign trade. Even with this, the British captains found a way to smuggle chests of opium into China, with help from eager local pirates. By 1838, Opium was so widespread that nine out of ten of the citizens in Canton…

Imperialism is the imposition of one way of life on another. One example of this occurred in China, where Britain, one of the world superpowers at the time, traded the addictive drug opium with the Chinese people. When China requested that they halt the trade, Britain refused and the Opium War ignited. Another example of imperialism took place in the Middle East where western powers, namely Russia and Britain, took control of Persian oil fields. Finally, the third example of imperialism took…

Foreign relations throughout much of China’s history have been dominated by the idea among many Chinese intellectuals and government officials that China was culturally superior to other nations and that China was a self- sufficient state with no need to trade for resources. This attitude led rise to the tributary system when dealing with foreign nations that put China as the superior and the foreign states that it interacted with as the inferior. This system had dictated China’s foreign…

People today tend to believe that the handover caused the decline of Hong Kong action film industry. According to Peter Rist, “ Immediately following the handover of Hong Kong by the British to the People’s Republic of China”, the Hong Kong filmmaker started to change the mood of action films. Instead of comedic action, the films produced after Handover “were characterized by strains of pessimism and unpleasantness” and that those works were not welcomed by local audiences and the received…

Opioids: Opium, Morphine, Heroine and Codeine Opium What are the street names of the drug? Some of the common names or slang words used on the street to acquire this drug are names such as, Aunti Emma, Big O, Black Pill, Dream Gun, Dream Stick, Dreams, God’s Medicine, Gondola, Toxy, Toy, Gumma, Chandu, Buddah, Emerald City, and midnight oil. How does the drug work? Opium works by mimicking the effects of neurotransmitters located int he brain. This neurotransmitters are know as endorphin.…

British, interrupted the Chinese economy by selling them opium, which ended up disrupting their economy. The Spanish, captured the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and built in its remains Mexico City. The Jewish people, who were offered the state of Israel by The United Nations, took on the Palestinian Arabs in four separate wars. In the late 1700’s, British merchants began making profits from the Chinese by selling the Chinese opium, a drug grown in India. Silver, which was a Chinese form…

not be the world we are today. This event relates to imperialism (Opium Wars) because due to the industrialization, nations started to run out of resources. This led them to traveling to faraway places in order to colonize places that had resources. One of these places was China and at first they paid China in gold/silver but eventually started paying them Opium. However China didn’t want to accept the opium which led to the Opium…