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Victorian Era Chinese Opium Dens

When we think of opium dens of the 19th century, the conjured image is usually a hazy, smoke-filled room full of questionable characters, right? Well, at one point in the early 19th century, everyone and their mother was taking opium (quite literally - mothers were specifically targeted by opium marketers). Over the decades, however, and through sensationalized media and literature, the Victorian era opium dens took on a life of their own. Timecodes: 0:00 - Opium Dens 0:40 - Intro 0:50 - Narcotics Were Cheap And Unregulated In Victorian Britain 2:05 - There Was Bad Blood Between Britain And China Over illicit Opium Trade 3:03 - Laudanum (10% Opium) Was ‘The Aspirin Of The 19th Century’ 3:33 - Opium Treatments Were Targeted At Women And Children 4:20 - There Was A Shift In How Opium Was Viewed 5:17 - While It Seemed That Opium Dens Were Everywhere Around London, They Were Mostly Confined To One Area 5:42 - Firsthand Accounts Of Opium Dens Proved They Weren't Nearly As Bad As They Were Portrayed 6:34 - Status And Class Affected How One's Opium Use Was Viewed 7:11 - Racist Propaganda Also Fueled The Anti-Opium Movement 7:52 - The Opium Trade Was Dismantled in 1910 8:20 - LESSON OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE #victorianera #opiumtypebeat #dens #opium_dens