Second Opium War

liquor, sugar, snuff and property soon followed and provided returns to the New Government. Through the end of the century, taxes provided access to revenue for the government, bankrolled several wars and simultaneously established a level of power and a means for regulation over its commerce,…

Ryan Mallette 5/19/16 Mr Metzler Research paper In 2013 almost 600,000 deaths were due to the use of on heroin in the United States and statistics like these just keep getting worse. The United States has recently taking steps with call heroin houses or supervised injection facilities. Supervised injection facilities are where illegal drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff. Heroin houses…

Addiction Opium is a drug that, when smoked, can become extremely addictive. The Chinese people suffered immensely because of this terrible drug. Opium became, at the time, the single biggest problem for China as a nation, and somewhat surprisingly, Britain played a role in this epidemic. The British East India Company grew opium in their colonies in India. The British would drink opium in bottles, kind of like medicine; they would even give it to their children to go to sleep. Consuming opium…

Opioids are psychoactive substances derived from the opium poppy, or their synthetic analogues. They are natural, semisynthetic or synthetic narcotic drugs used as painkiller such as morphine, meth or methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, codeine, hydromorphone and buprenorphine. They are legal only when prescribed. Opioid overdose (OOD) occurs by accident or on purpose. OOD depresses central nervous and respiratory systems leading to drowsiness, slow breathing, pinpoint pupils, bluish…

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, a synthetic drug called fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and many others. Opioids work by binding to the body’s opiate receptors; highly concentrated in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions. When opiate drugs bind to these receptors, they can drive up dopamine levels in the brain’s reward areas, producing a state of euphoria and…

Opium cultivation emerged many centuries ago, leaving behind a distinct legacy full of hardship for the Afghan government. Unfortunately, opium has led to corruption of the country; the addicted Afghans roam the streets searching for more opium to fuel their addictions, while the drug lords barge into Afghanistan’s towns, fighting and rioting for power. Furthermore, opium in Afghanistan became extremely popular during the 20th century, and since then, its production has tripled! Currently,…

game. Inspired by Victorian Era London, The City is rife with sickness, civil unrest and a thriving opium trade driven by the mysterious Gloom sickness, also called the Suicide Sickness . The only way to combat the Gloom was by using opium or drinking poppy milk. This did not cure the Gloom but seemed to help some deal with the horrible visions and feelings of despair. This lead to a moratorium on opium trade and a thriving black market that catered mostly to the wealthy1. Erin, the actual…

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…

effects of the opium wars were not only immediate, but had a lasting effect on the world. As China did not have a circulating currency, they used silver which they got from Central America. Western nations begin to undergo an outflow of silver into China. In order to balance this flow of silver, they bring in opium into China as well. Britain saw this as an opportunity and used opium to trade and continued to push for this trade of opium. China wanted to ban the importing of opium, which in…

Who could have foreseen that one person’s well-meaning act to save his nation could have caused rebellions and wars that would change our world so greatly? Commissioner Lin’s destruction of the British opium stash precipitated several power exchanges through wars, revolutions, and reform through adaptation and assimilation. As the Chinese fell after the Opium War, the Westerners rose to greatness by way of expanded territories, inflated economies, and strengthened armies. As dynasties were…