Opium

promotion of narcotics in the U.S which led to the extensive and uncontrolled use of medicinal and recreational drugs during that century. The U.S became a ‘dope fiend’s paradise’ because a quarter of its population had developed a dependency on either opium or morphine. Question 2 The discovery of psychoactive drugs during the early times arose from people’s curiosity. Plants that had hallucination…

“Minority Interaction in John Rollin Ridge’s the Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta” Peter G. Christensen says that: Ridge seems to be mocking the Chinese through such phrases as “unconscious Celestials” and “by no means euphonious tongue.” Their opium use has not only rendered them incapable of fighting back, but also of perceiving clearly, since they mistake Jack for a devil. After they hand over twenty or thirty dollars, Jack cuts their throats against Murieta’s wishes. The Chinese are…

Over the course of time, numerous empires tried to imperialize/ colonize others regions because of the desire for money, resources, and more power. Religion is a set of beliefs that concern the cause, nature, and purpose of the world, it highly involves supernatural powers, especially involving sacred, devotional and ritual ceremonies; religion usually contains a moral code that governs human affairs (BBC.co.uk). Economics is the wealth of a country based on the making and use of goods (Merriam…

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…

primary interest about “Confessions of an English Opium Eater,” by Thomas De Quincey, was to learn whether or not the author deprecates the behavior of taking opium— not only am I unable to conclude the answer to this question when finishing reading the book, but also at least fifty percent of Confessions, I found, depicts De Quincey’s early life, mostly unrelated to opium. Even when it comes to opium eating, he often circumvents the effects of opium on his own body and tends to describe more…

“Court Rejects Sentence Process.” The Wall Street Journal [New York] 13 Jan. 2016, VOL. CCLXVII NO. 10 ed., U.S. News: A2. Print. Timothy Lee Hurst was convicted of murdering a co-worker during a robbery in 1998 and the jury voted for a death sentence. On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 the Supreme Court shut down Florida’s Death Sentence action, allowing judges to decide the criminal’s punishment instead of the jury. The punishment for crimes such as murder and terrorism is execution in over half of…

In this paper we will be examining the drug morphine as well as looking at opium poppy, whose family name is Papaveraceae; Genus name Papaver; species name somniferum. First readers will be introduced to the basic anatomy and physiology of the plant, including particulars about morphine’s relationship to opium poppy. Proceeding this discussion, readers will acquire an understanding about the species origin and historical usages. Following the discourse, readers will examine some modern facts and…

Other Cultures in a Few Short Pages In Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days, there are many different cultures which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout explore through-out the entirety of the novel. All of these cultures are set in the late 19th century throughout the world. Some of these cultures include the Indian culture, Chinese culture and Native American culture among the many others that the two are exposed to. All of these cultures will be explored in a comparison of the novel to…

In the first chapter of Professor Chang’s book Fateful Ties, Professor Chang mentions that even if most American politicians supported Chinese government’s decision of trying to block the intrusive opium trade, the Americans still joined the opium trade in order to gain interests for America itself. In addition, even though historians present America’s awe of China as preoccupation, what American officials really value are wealth, opportunities and the idea of following…

Chinese then banned any more tea trading, as poppy tea had large amounts of opium, and opium was highly addictive. Opium trading still occurred, as officials were bribed by Chinese opium merchants. The Chinese government finally had to call in Commissioner Lin Tze-su to put a final stop to the trade. His men set fire to the stocks, and burned a year supply of it after ordering them to destroy them. They continued to make opium after that, and Lin had arrested both British and Chinese men for…