| 单词 | opium |
| 例句 | And what she had done was eat ywansyau filled with a kind of bitter poison, not candied seeds or the dull happiness of opium as Yan Chang and the others had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A year later, my grandmother would be so depressed by the harsh treatment she received from her in-laws that she tried to commit suicide by overdosing on opium. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Now, sometimes, I smoked opium with some white friends, actors who lived downtown. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don't suppose there are any opium joints in town?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Later, when I went into a demon hospital, it was to remind me very much of a scrubbed-up, antiseptic opium den. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Shipments of opium had to go out every day to keep money moving around the empire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Matteo Alacran, or El Patron as he soon came to be known, planted opium from the Pecos River to the Salton Sea, Matt read. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor kid. I was glad when he passed out. The doctor gave him some opium, but the pain seemed to reach him right through it. I had to help hold him.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And so Matt had begun to study how the enterprise of running an opium empire worked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For several days Cathy lay in a cave of shock and opium. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There would certainly be an opium farm in El Patron’s version of heaven. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ever hear about how we got opium?” he asked finally. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The air itself was thick with the smell of opium and with stale sweat and vomit and urine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Among these was my great-grandfather, who had died fighting the British demons when they had wanted to force the Tang people to let them sell opium in the Middle Kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He poked fun at those who fled the city, at the power of opium to banish pain, and at the cruelty and indifference of those outside the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I saw Second Wife koutou to First Wife, bowing with deep respect while offering her more opium. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though she was suddenly impatient to be done with all this and to be left alone in the stillness of the great room with her opium pipe. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the opium had gone bad—perhaps she’d smoked too much this time. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Habib had opened a small dry goods store in downtown Kabul to support the family after the opium crops had been destroyed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He saw how opium was planted, processed, and marketed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a second Opium War, the Tientsin Treaties legalized the ravaging opium trade, legalized a British-French-American control of China’s customs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They smoke their two pipes of opium in the afternoon and it rests and sharpens them, and they sit through the night and their minds are wonderful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think anyone was allowed to live in the opium fields.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The trips were disguised as visits to the Alacrans’ nuclear power plant or the opium processing plant—a stinking, clanking horror even an eejit would find unbearable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to open our baggage and let inspectors see that we weren’t smuggling in opium or anything else illegal. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The mask not only spared the bandits the sight of their foster son’s face, it also kept them sensible of his whereabouts; under the circumstances, he reeked of opium. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Those original white “Christian traders” sent into China millions of pounds of opium. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock chimed five, and Kaltain fought the urge to rub her eyes as the opium oozed through every pore of her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The man on the right jerked his head at a basement opium den we had yet to try. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On each table rested a nut-oil lamp, which was used to heat up the pellet of opium before it was put into the longstemmed pipe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Now quite a few of the older Tang people used opium. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And he appointed one of the laborers and his wife and children to live in the country house and to care for the two old opium dreamers. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Men and women who had done heavy crew work and then slipped out of the yards and into the twilight life of the beach with its nailsheds and gambling dens and opium holes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And he said heavily, “When the old opium dreamer dies, I will find a man for you, then, and it cannot be long.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Fadi had heard this all before, how Afghanistan had become the world’s largest producer of opium and how the heroin derived from the poppies was ruining the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “And yet,” said Byerley, “Rome fell eventually, and the opium dream was over.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z By 1839, so many of the Chinese were addicts that China’s desperate government destroyed twenty thousand chests of opium. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As he watched, Rat said, it made him think of some freaky opium dream. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an opium addict, I’ll do almost anything for more paper. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “It will cost a great deal,” he said slowly, “for opium is as dear as jade.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Laudanum was opium dissolved in alcohol, and it was very strong. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were misted with the bitter green of opium seedlings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The method involved injecting a solution of beef broth, milk, whiskey, egg yolks, and opium into his rectum. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I guess no other people have been able to use opium well.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Surely opium could be grown by normal people. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was opium den light, which was appropriate, because already Rex had plucked a joint from his pocket and was lighting it with a safety match. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And each time she returned, she remained in her bedroom, sitting all day like a Buddha, smoking her opium, talking softly to herself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered second aunt with her cactus collection, fifth uncle with his beard, eighth uncle with that opium addict, socialite wife. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam went down into a heavy opium sleep though he fought to stay awake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He described the eejit pens and the opium fields that surrounded them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "I mean it as much as you mean all your fancy words of rubies and gold and opium," she replied. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “It was my honor to rid Afghanistan of opium, brother,” responded Habib. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He gave her a large shot of morphine, left a bottle of opium pills, washed his hands, and put on his coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Surely there must be some syrup or tonic, even opium . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A worse smell than all of that is opium. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He knew how to run an opium empire, but he didn’t think that was what the man wanted to hear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat from the compress, probably more than the traces of opium from the poppy seeds, helped and “the pain gradually went off.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After Mrs. Caruthers’s fit, the doctor ordered her to be kept on bed rest, and even gave Cook a tincture of opium to be added to her tea. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And on the next day, when he came back, we smelled opium’s strange, sweet smell—like roasted peanuts—clinging to Black Dog’s clothes, and we knew where he had been. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tincture of belladonna. Grains of opium. Henbane distilled. If ill-used, these bring death,” she explained soberly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If he found out about the opium, she could just blame it on the horrible headaches she’d been having lately. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Since laudanum was an opium extract, I didn’t doubt that she still needed it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He wrote authoritatively on magnetism, tides, and the motions of the planets, and fondly on the effects of opium. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Matt knew all about laudanum, having studied the opium business as part of his regular homework. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thayil's exploration of opium dens and its denizens penetrates through the lowest strata of Mumbai society to find a space of surprising clarity. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z Leonardo takes opium, invents robot pigeons and CGI hang gliders, has a mother complex and swaggers into rooms doing gun-fingers at stupefied lackeys. Da Vinci's Demons: forget historical accuracy and marvel at Leonardo 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z In the essay, Pollan chronicles his own attempts to grow and partake in the opium flowing inside the bulbous pods of the poppy flowers planted in his Connecticut garden. Michael Pollan Explores the Mind-Altering Plants in His Garden 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Megan Hine On one shoot in Thailand, she was leading a small group through the jungle when they stumbled across an opium farm. Megan Hine: the woman who keeps Bear Grylls alive 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z With Chinese newspapers lacquered to the walls, bead curtains and lanterns leaking magenta light, the smallish first-floor rectangle is intended to invoke the woozy pull of a Shanghai opium den. Bo?te: Mr. H in the Mondrian SoHo 2011-07-27T16:51:35Z In between taking hits from the hookah and the nearby pipe of opium, Joe told me about the raid on the house. I left my drunk friends behind: Sobriety made me turn a terrifying new page 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z By the late 19th century, Harrison writes, they were responsible for 70 percent of the world’s opium trade. Vagabond Lives: Happier Memories From Kathryn Harrison’s Childhood 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z That all this tastefulness and refinement has managed to materialize in one of the remotest parts of this long-isolated country, even as it struggles with poverty, separatism, poor infrastructure and opium production, seems a miracle. In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z But from the outside, I wondered if I had gotten the address right because this restaurant, recommended by several guidebooks, appeared to be a cross between a speakeasy and an opium den. At 375, Montreal’s cosmopolitan charm still seduces travelers 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z I never properly covered, for instance, people who collect antique cannons, tractors, eyeglasses, ice cream scoops and opium bottles. Magnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z A bed and surroundings to which I have yet to become accustomed usually guarantee that I’ll be visited by nightmares, and coming off opium seemed to push my nocturnal musings to disturbing levels of intensity. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z In Narcopolis, a first novel by Indian poet Jeet Thayil, India's secret history is revealed through opium and heroin addiction; for me, this remarkable debut is one of the highlights of the list. Booker prize judges should be applauded for favouring eccentricity and invention 2012-07-25T18:42:48Z In between injections and mustache-twirls, he manages to catch a gang of opium smugglers, but only after smoking most of their opium. 6 classic movies in which cocaine is the driving force 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z His mother had also worked as an opium smuggler and was a legendary gambler. Jackie Chan: ‘I hate violence’ 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Later that night opium dealers rob and murder a husband and wife. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The King’s Man R for leg licking, opium drinking and dirty dancing. ‘The King’s Man’ Review: Suiting Up and Shooting Down 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Is celebrity the new opium of the people? If The Apprentice is capitalism, bring on the revolution 2010-10-07T13:30:00Z And no choreographer could explain to us which of Victoria’s other eight children is which, who their spouses are, or why Lord Melbourne is smoking opium. Review: Queen Victoria in Toe Shoes? 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Still, for music that depicts a man half-crazed from an opium overdose, in despair over the woman he adores from afar, this death march sounded a little too regimented and efficient. Music Review: Chicago Greets Its New Maestro, Who Arrives With Unusual Fare 2010-09-24T16:47:00Z So Sherlock Holmes, but without the opium addiction. Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer 2012-10-12T07:30:00Z Now, except for that one elderly monk, no one at the wat remembered ever having treated an opium habitué. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z Karl Marx said that religion is the opium of the people. Athol Fugard berates dramatists for failing to confront injustice 2010-08-30T14:59:00Z Opioids include naturally occurring drugs that are extracted from the opium poppy plant, like morphine. Deadly new trend: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Here, a made-to-order curvaceous cut velvet beauty called the opium den shoe is hand-embroidered with gold metallic thread. | Roger Vivier 2012-01-23T19:51:54Z The work’s “story” — a tale of unrequited love and a hellish opium trip — is evocative, suspenseful and at times horrifying. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z For many years, Communism was the only permitted belief in China and religion was banned, being regarded, in the tradition of Karl Marx, as the opium of the masses. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z She found a photograph of her maternal grandmother, a concubine who died of a possibly intentional opium overdose, dressed as a courtesan. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The final book in the Bengali Indian author’s spectacular Ibis trilogy about the 19th-century opium trade. Top 10 most anticipated novels of 2015 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z What was once a realm of fairy-tale grace became home to barbaric rulers, heathen masses and — after England imported opium from India into China — drug addicts. Review: In ‘China: Through the Looking Glass,’ Eastern Culture Meets Western Fashion 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z I learned of the race riots of 1919, and I discovered that the pulp-fiction cliche of the Limehouse opium den persisted only because such shadowy hideaways were expected of the Chinese in London. Perspective | How one writer shook up the Golden Age detective novel 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z At anchor off the Chinese coast, a Scottish trader likens hindering the opium trade to holding back the ocean’s tides. The great bobachee-connah 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He has a third grade education and wants to join the National Army — he would be the first in his tribe to serve — rather than harvest opium. Five documentary shorts vying for Oscar, from bullies and the houseless to an amazing ball player 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z T. J. Miller, the excitable comic who played the feckless blowhard Erlich Bachman, last seen in a Tibetan opium den in Season 4, left the show, bashing colleagues in interviews on the way out. Mike Judge on ‘Silicon Valley,’ T.J. Miller’s Exit and How ‘Idiocracy’ Endures 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Secretly addicted to opium, Siu-Yong fights a stealth war against her husband’s noxious new ideas. Theater Review: ‘Golden Child,’ at the Signature Center 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z He’s interested in plants as stimulants, calmatives and hallucinogens, and he takes on caffeine, opium and mescaline. 10 books to read in July 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Shadi, a young opium addict, is angling for her next hit. An Earthquake Has Broken Tehran, but She’s Looking for a Different Fix 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z And she has opium tea – only a tiny sip, but she is taking a class A drug on television, so hats off for that. TV review: Agony & Ecstasy: A Year With English National Ballet; Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India; Horizon: Predators in Your Backyard 2011-03-08T22:05:01Z Then hop on a motorbike taxi and zip over to Chim Sao, a crowded restaurant with an opium den atmosphere tucked in an alley, and try buffalo sausage and banana blossom salad. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z Thanks largely to their interventions, he kicked his opium habit for extensive periods, made his mark as an essayist, and published three collections of verse before a final descent into dereliction. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z Morphine was isolated from the opium poppy way back in 1804, the authors note. The coronavirus reminds us of our deep-rooted need for medicinal plants 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Not that that your great-great-grandfather smoked opium, or that the English carted off all our gold and copper. Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z It's hard to defend the Prince Regent as a family man, with his endless procession of matronly mistresses and his addiction to the liquid form of opium. George IV: the rehabilitation of Old Naughty 2011-08-28T20:00:05Z Otherwise, he might have doubted that calling it "the opium of the people" was worth the ink. Do you hate football and want to help the poor? Take up gambling 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z "In one Chinese coffin, an opium pipe and a small ceramic vessel were included in the funerary ensemble," said Gomez. At ancient pyramid in Peru, remains of 20th century Chinese laborers found 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z At the end of "Sea of Poppies," British opium interests in India were pressing for the use of force in China in the name of free trade. 'River of Smoke': adrift on a sea of opium 2011-10-12T21:59:11Z Many farmers are turning to more lucrative cash crops, including opium, for sale to China. The Woven Art of Laos 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z American settlers were not happy with the Chinese arrivals, who brought with them a cultural tradition of smoking opium for relaxation in the evenings. The real reason cocaine, heroin and marijuana are illegal has nothing to do with addiction 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Police surgeon Dr Thomas Bond, insomniac and opium addict, is determined to find the killer of a series of women fished, headless and limbless, from the river. Science fiction roundup – reviews 2013-06-14T07:00:00Z He also had to overhaul a song set in an opium den that Schaeffer thought was too peppy.But he came away from the evening with a success story, too. Recent theater grad orchestrates new musical, ‘Cloak and Dagger,’ at Signature Theatre She traces the roots of De Quincey’s obsessions — opium, his idol Wordsworth and even dead young girls — and how they helped influence some of the strangest writing from the Romantic era. Paperback Row 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z "I barely leave anymore," said Shaiq, who wrote, directed and starred in "Black Poison," the opium movie, and later made a sequel. Defying the Taliban, one (bad) movie at a time 2010-06-19T16:02:00Z The settlers accused the Chinese of “taking our jobs,” and economic resentment morphed into rumors of Chinese men luring white women into opium dens and getting them addicted. The real reason cocaine, heroin and marijuana are illegal has nothing to do with addiction 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Pressed into medical training at 14 by his father, he found himself unsuited to the profession: perhaps the only perk was the ready availability of opium, to which he had a lifelong addiction. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z “People coming in and auditioning — they were just leaning into being high on opium, and it wasn’t working,” Sorkin said. ‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z She has survived killer snakes, not washing for three months, gun-brandishing opium farmers and managed to keep dozens of clueless celebrities alive for outdoor endurance reality shows. Megan Hine: the woman who keeps Bear Grylls alive 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The Nguyens’ extensive land-registry records made it easy to collect property taxes; the French also drew revenue from state monopolies on alcohol, gambling, opium and rice production. Striving for unity 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The decor is nightclub chic meets Turkish opium den. Spain becomes cannabis hub as criminals fill tourism void 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Pointing to a building that had once housed a dye-works, he told me, "If your great-great-grandfather hadn't been an opium addict, that place would still be ours." Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z Subtitled “An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts,” “Symphonie Fantastique” is Berlioz’s musical representation of an opium reverie haunted by its dreamer’s obsession with an elusive, beautiful woman. Review: Head Tripping the Light Fantastic in ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z He might one minute be driving his carriage to Brattleboro, smoking opium in Lahore the next. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z At home, all her toys became ill in an afternoon, and our flat took on the biscuity scent of a hospital as she cheerily administered opium to Puppy, his batteries removed. How do I explain death of our cat to my two-year-old? | Eva Wiseman 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Those who dominate that world — the British citizens of a global imperium — espouse the doctrine of free trade in high-minded, hypocritical rhetoric that masks the amoral venality of smuggling opium. 'River of Smoke': adrift on a sea of opium 2011-10-12T21:59:11Z Britain prevailed, and, in addition to forcing the Chinese to accept opium importing, liberalized trade with China generally. Art Review: When Enamel Wares Adorned China?s Imperial Courts 2011-02-17T21:29:31Z People seemed to look past the uptick in reported cases of alcoholism and the rise in drugs like opium and morphine, focusing instead on the alleged misuse of absinthe. The folklore-filled history of absinthe 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The basement beneath the Pekin is a maze of narrow hallways connecting cluttered rooms that once were illegal gaming parlors, offices and an opium den. With Chop Suey and Loyal Fans, a Montana Kitchen Keeps the Flame Burning 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z He sailed her to what were then the Dutch East Indies and ran opium to China, before running aground near Bali and falling foul of pirates. Billy Connolly: 'I hate going on holiday' 2013-01-26T09:00:00Z Once the opium dropper comes out and the minuets transition to hip-hop, you know you’re in for a good time. Review | In Apple TV+’s initial smattering of shows, only ‘Dickinson’ is a delicious surprise 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “We used to get addicts who had been smoking opium daily for ten or twenty years,” the old monk explained. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z The price for opium has fallen, he said, and growing poppies risked running afoul of heavy-handed eradication efforts by Myanmar authorities. Myanmar hills embrace silkworms over poppies 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z One of them was Neel, a high-born Bengali now working as a translator for the Chinese government, which is gathering information about foreigners as part of its effort to suppress the opium trade. Amitav Ghosh sails into the Opium War with trilogy finale 'Flood of Fire' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whisky, and religion.” This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z He continued: “Marx, Groucho Marx, once said that religion is the opiate of the people. I say that when religion outlives its usefulness, then opium will be the opiate. Ah, that’s not a bad idea.” Irwin Corey, Comedian and ‘Foremost Authority,’ Dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z She received her first break when the impresario CB Cochran promoted her from the chorus, but when he was told that his new star was attending opium parties, Cochran fired her. White plaque for West End star to launch anti-drug campaign 2012-11-24T16:55:17Z He speculatively connects that with fantasies about opium dens popularized in stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, among others, which “paved the way for the appearance of symbolic allusions to the unconscious and to death.” Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Her mother was arrested three times and her relationship with Nayeri’s father, an opium addict who abused her, deteriorated. She Fled the Iranian Revolution, but Her Troubles Didn’t End There 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Both Mao and Žižek’s criticisms of Buddhism are rooted in Marx’s well-known quip that religion is “the opium of the people,” an intoxicant that keeps workers from seeing how capitalism exploits their labor. Gentrifying the dharma: How the 1% is hijacking mindfulness 2014-03-05T15:29:00Z The family lived among refugees from Cambodia and Laos, where the grandmothers smoked homegrown opium in long pipes near Morris’s wallpapered home as he was busy improvising shows with neighborhood kids in the backyard. Review | Mark Morris bares his soul in a refreshingly raw and inspiring memoir 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z That Lib is another problem becomes evident later that evening when she ingests some opium. ‘The Wonder’ Review: The Hungry Woman 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Shouldering open the door, we found an establishment called Tep Bar, whose interior was lined with century-old worn teak and crowded with arty Thais; the ambience lay somewhere between a speakeasy and an opium den. Bangkok’s River of Kings 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Starting in the 1890s, Jack Black spent grueling years as a thief and opium addict before becoming a librarian and writing such books as “You Can’t Win,” a model for William S. Burroughs’s “Junky.” Review | The grit and adventure of hobo life comes into focus in ‘On the Fly’ 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z But after seven years of curious dabbling I had awoken from my pleasant dream and found myself a voracious opium fiend with a 30-pipe-a-day habit. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z Evoking London streets, a country manor, an opium den and other locales, tall sliding mesh panels serve as screens for projected gray-toned images: chimneys, spinning train wheels, wallpaper patterns, fragments of newspaper headline. David Arquette falls flat as Sherlock Holmes at the Warner Theatre 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In real life, Salim was a heavy consumer of alcohol and opium, though these habits did not start until he was 18. Mughal-e-Azam: royally glossing over history's true colours 2013-02-14T10:17:06Z The highly anticipated new novel by Hall – author of the "Regency romp" "Something Fabulous" and the contemporary "Boyfriend Material" – deals with finding yourself, finding love after grief, and dealing with alcohol and opium addiction. A bolder than "Bridgerton" reading list: Regency books with a twist Eloise would love 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Chouvy outlines the history of opium trafficking, beginning in ancient times when it was likely traded on the Silk Road. 'Opium': War and economic upheaval drive the drug trade 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z The protagonist, Franz Ritter, is a musicologist and scholar of orientalism, or as he puts it, “a poor unsuccessful academic with a revolutionary thesis no one cares about” with a hankering for opium. ‘Compass’: Mathias Énard’s brilliant dark night of the soul 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Critics compared the opium trade to the recently banned slave trade. The Opium War and the Humiliation of China 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z She is contemptuous of both her bourgeois mama and her dissolute cringing father, who is in thrall to opium and gambling. Gigola blends pulp and soft porn at London lesbian and gay film festival 2011-03-30T11:52:01Z She was the one who made pipes in an opium den in about 1980-81. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z You couldn't write a book about opium, which is a very slow, long process, with short quick Hemingway, journalistic, telegraphic sentences. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z It’s a shady move, one that plays to Hannah’s ego, the part of her that once, high on opium, felt like the voice of her generation. The Cunning “American Bitch” Episode of “Girls” 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Nine years ago, the Canadian historian Robert Morrison published a scholarly and engrossing life of England’s second most famous opium eater, Thomas De Quincey. Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights and Britain Becomes Modern 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Addiction was once viewed as an unsavoury fringe disease, tethered to substances with killer withdrawal symptoms, such as alcohol and opium. Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Online photographs of the interior suggest a romanticized opium den crossed with a tea room. Ten Tigers Parlour preview: No lingering, unfortunately, in Petworth 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Find the crafts section where hand-loomed silk scarves and silver jewelry can go for a song, and replicas of antique opium pipes and Angkorian-era Buddha statues will have anyone fooled. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z There they survived the opium wars, the Boxer rebellion when the Forbidden City was extensively looted, the toppling of the empire and the establishment of the republic, both world wars and the cultural revolution. V&A set to show off the emperor's old clothes 2010-12-06T18:25:00Z The 2D game “Fight Against Opium” is an animated interpretation of the missions that Afghan soldiers undertake to destroy opium fields, fight drug lords and help farmers switch to growing saffron. Afghan girl coders design games to fight opium and inequality 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Her father is an opium addict and a mercurial disciplinarian who remarries upon his divorce from Julie’s mother. A Fictional Heroine’s Fitful Upbringing Is Set Against the Sino-Japanese War 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z One of the first numbers, “Hashish,” is essentially a list of drugs from Thorazine to opium. Broadway, wasted: The 10 best musicals about drugs 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Neemuch, a dusty town in central India is best known, if at all, for its opium production and the unusually high number of locals who donate their eyes after death. India's 'child Picasso' puts on his goggles and takes aim at the canvas 2012-07-03T13:40:55Z “Hong Kong’s origins are steeped in opium,” Ms. Lovell said. Books: Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War 2011-08-18T15:14:28Z He was a pre-revolutionary police officer, a reported opium addict, and a refugee who fled the Communist takeover in 1949 for a new life in British Hong Kong. "Ip Man": A dazzling martial-arts epic 2010-10-01T20:25:00Z “My dad would sometimes talk about what the opium operation was like in the 1950s and 1960s,” Ms. Her said. A Minnesota Exhibit Framed Around Longing for Home 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z We see Cobb dreaming his own dreams twice: First in Yusuf’s opium den, and second in the workshop when Ariadne sneaks into his dreams. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z The seeds, from the flower that produces the powerful drug opium, were also turned into jam and encased in pastries for special occasions. Thinking Outside the Triangle 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z In fact, the last of the opium dens had been wiped out of the community before the 20th century. Perspective | How one writer shook up the Golden Age detective novel 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z His typed and handwritten notes certainly anticipated opium dealing and hatchet and martial-arts battles. Review: ‘Warrior,’ Pitched by Bruce Lee and Made by Cinemax 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z According to ITV and producers Rainmark Films, the drama opens with Bean's character being recruited by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel to apprehend a gang of opium smugglers. Sean Bean to star in Frankenstein 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z By the time Paul is kidnapped, his nuclear family has imploded; Getty Jr. is lost in an opium cloud and Gail is living in Rome. Review: Christopher Plummer Dominates ‘All the Money in the World’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z His novel takes the reader through the Mumbai drug world's smoky alleys and features the musings of opium addicts in the late 1980s - a situation that Thayil, a former opium addict himself, knows well. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z “For Hmong folks in America, it’s the closest thing to Laos without having to go to Laos. For older Hmong folks, it’s a chance of reliving the opium cultivation era.” A Minnesota Exhibit Framed Around Longing for Home 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The Matrix introduced the concept of life as a simulation designed to keep humanity from rebelling, a sort of virtual opium of the masses for the 21st century. The Matrix rebooted: do we want to go down the rabbit hole again? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Shelves here and there display Buddhas, demons, opium pipes and maritime books like “Greyhounds of the Sea” and “Fair Winds and Foul.” India House Artwork Inspires a New Book 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Fluent in a dozen languages, he is something of a bohemian: a former opium addict and an accomplished cellist and flautist. Ten of the best good doctors in literature 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z His neighbor was growing a small amount to feed his grandfather’s opium addiction, Zhou said. Myanmar hills embrace silkworms over poppies 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z She was more fond of chewing gum than smoking opium, less concerned with luring men to their metaphysical doom than cleaning out their bank accounts and moving on to the next sucker. 2010-02-06T01:50:00Z It was in the fall of 1804 that Thomas De Quincey, a 19-year-old wannabe intellectual, decided to try a little opium for a bad toothache. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The Waugh brothers toiled away at the Hôtel Welcome in Villefranche, along with Igor Stravinsky, Serge Diaghilev and Jean Cocteau, who was hooked on opium. It Was ‘Chanel’s Riviera’ in the 1930s. Then Came World War II. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Opium addiction is associated with the country’s “century of humiliation”, the period which began in 1839 with the loss of the first opium war and lasted until Chairman Mao declared the People’s Republic in 1949. Blazing a trail: as legal cannabis goes global, will Britain be next? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z After running afoul of an opium den proprietor, he’s back to jumping and kicking and smashing. ‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ Review: A Martial Arts Master Roams Free 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The “Omnivore’s Dilemma” author explores the cultural and scientific impacts of the plant-based drugs opium, caffeine and mescaline. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A woman told me her parents had tried to kill her when she was a baby – they gave her an overdose of opium, but she did not die. Kishwar Disai on rape in India 2013-05-27T17:00:00Z He shows her how to “pass the gong around,” a euphemism for sharing an opium pipe. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Eager to turn a profit, the ever-avaricious English entrusted indigenous merchants with the conduct of cotton and opium trade with China. 'Mumbai Fables': Gyan Prakash's fact-packed, rewarding history of the city 2010-12-22T22:06:04Z The treatment at the time — silver nitrate, opium and tannic acid enemas — destroyed his intestines. A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Other Romantics took the path of chemical obliteration — Coleridge's opium, Adele's cases of rosé. Breakup songs owe a lot to the lovelorn lyrics of the Romantics 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z In his bedroom, there’s a Chinese opium bed, one of the few original pieces in the house, thanks to Katharine Hepburn, who convinced the furniture store Gump’s to donate it to the park. Discovering Eugene O’Neill’s San Francisco 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Before they go, Yusuf pulls back a curtain and shows them the dreaming equivalent of an opium den. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z They would perform the diabolically difficult Kingdom of the Shades scene in the third act, when approximately 40 dancers descend four ramps in a slow procession meant to evoke an opium dream. Bolshoi Ballet Carries On Amid Acid Attack Scandal 2013-01-28T23:03:44Z India was also sharing information directly with Pakistan, since there was ample evidence that opium and heroin were leaving Afghanistan and entering India via Pakistan. US embassy cables: India accuses Pakistan of supporting Taliban 2010-12-16T21:30:37Z There are descriptions of Schubert having "drunk too much" on numerous occasions, and smelling heavily of tobacco; his use of opium is speculated upon, but not authenticated. 'Schubert writes something from another planet' 2011-01-09T00:05:16Z It is an exuberant homage to Victorian sensation novels... with opium dens, fallen women, fortunes lost, found and squandered, murders and blackmail but it's a very knowing and post-modern homage to the sensation novel. Man Booker Prize 2013: At a glance 2013-09-11T11:13:45Z The island's isolation and its small population were the main reasons the federal government granted an exclusive licence to Tasmania to grow opium poppies for legal commercial production half a century ago. Even in isolated, pristine Tasmania, pressure to allow GMO farming 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Wine flowed copiously, as did laudanum, a form of liquefied opium. Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z Mother’s Quietness, which was a mix of wine and opium. Bloodletting, voodoo and opium: New Orleans museum spotlights medical methods of the past 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The Megnas bought containers for potions laced with opium, cyanide and coal tar, and machines that did harm or accomplished nothing but placebo effects. Antiques: Robert Megna?s Medical Device Collection Goes to Auction 2011-08-25T22:28:50Z He once called tobacco "opium's treacherous, villainous friend." There arose such a clatter over pipe-free Santa 2012-12-11T17:03:08Z Mushrooms are a recurrent theme, and his photographs include manipulated images of the opium dens that he visited in Pakistan during the 1970s, some years before his renunciation of drugs and drink. Sigmar Polke obituary 2010-06-14T17:40:00Z In his game An Infamous Traffic, about the opium wars in China, Mr. Wehrle believes he achieves the payoff by juxtaposing sobriety with absurdity. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z From here, he moves swiftly through the "slow battering of India and China" with trade wars and opium. From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra – review 2012-07-19T07:00:02Z Charismatic Branwell's efforts to be a tutor, clerk and artist failed, and he died of tuberculosis after struggling with alcohol and opium. The teeny tiny Bronte books 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Then, gesturing to what had once been a general store: "If the British hadn't come to China to sell their opium, that building would belong to us." Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z On the dance floor, guests ingest opium with lolling tongues, then variously pop their booties and walk a quadrille. “Dickinson,” from Apple TV+, Is Deeply Weird and Dazzles Gradually 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Vali Myers went on to become an opium addict, then an artist of some repute. In the mood for love: Ed van der Elsken's Love on the Left Bank 2011-02-10T13:29:04Z In May 2001, for example, the American government under President George W Bush announced a grant of $43m to the Taliban government for opium eradication. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z In Riis’s photographs, there are glimpses of Chinese residents, peering out from opium dens, and blinking before the flash bulbs. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Coogan does, in fact, smoke a joint, lighting up in the same house where Coleridge wrote “Dejection: An Ode” and indulged in opium, the soporific that enslaved him in “humiliation and debasement.” | ?The Trip': 2 Pairs of Sharp Elbows On White Tablecloths 2011-06-09T23:20:20Z It was brutally tough work: long hot days hiking through high desert mountains interspersed with chaotic gun battles with well-armed smugglers trying to bring trucks, jeeps, camels or donkeys laden with opium across the frontier. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z That because there was only one lav on early German U-boats, which after a few nights at sea on submariner rations quickly turned into the lav from Trainspotting, the officers took opium. Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army; The Lost Submarine of WWI: a Time Team Special – TV review 2013-07-08T06:00:08Z The access Navai gets is remarkable: she meets addicted families, children dependent on opium after taking it as a painkiller, and the doctors and social workers addressing the epidemic. Tonight's TV highlights: Unreported World 2010-10-07T23:05:00Z A woozy narrative slides in and out of the characters' lives as it tells the story of Rashid's opium house on Shuklaji Street, in Old Bombay. Jeet Thayil becomes first Indian winner of South Asian literature prize 2013-01-25T14:30:01Z There are yarns from decades ago, when fields of opium poppies colored the hillsides and the heroin trade fueled lawlessness and rogue armies. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Byron’s clubfoot, Flannery O’Connor’s lupus, Coleridge’s opium addiction and whatever was wrong with Hemingway do interest many readers because these factors shaped the life experiences from which the great work sprang. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z This narcotic tea can be home-brewed, quite easily, with the dried seedpods of the papaver somniferum plant—the same magical flower that brings us opium, morphine and heroin. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z "In one Chinese coffin, an opium pipe and a small ceramic vessel were included in the funerary ensemble," said Gomez. At ancient pyramid in Peru, remains of 20th century Chinese laborers found 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Even today it is wild, remote country, haunted only by soaring hawks, packs of winter-wolves and opium smugglers working the old caravan routes. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z In the century before Freud and Breuer and the invention of the “talking cure,” treatments included purging, sweet wine, opium, restorative sojourns in the mountains and the avoidance of affective images or musical strains. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z It included opium alkaloids, aspirin, atropine, Pervitin, barbiturates, saline mixture and a host of homeopathic products "so dilute that it is impossible to say what they are". The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind: Hitler, Hess and the Analysts by Daniel Pick - review 2012-08-01T07:00:03Z “Growing opium is too tough. It’s only one harvest every year and a rain can easily destroy a whole year’s work,” said Zhou. Myanmar hills embrace silkworms over poppies 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Chouvy achieves more clarity in his analysis of why the opium trade continues to thrive, explaining the strong correlation between war and drug economies. 'Opium': War and economic upheaval drive the drug trade 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z His life ended, at 31, in a suicidal spiral of alcohol and opium addiction. She Was No Bird: ‘Jane Eyre’ Manuscript on First Trip to America 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The movie pins Edgar’s bizarre temperament, and his overuse of alcohol and opium, on the loss of his child bride. The Raven: Edgar Allen Poe Solves a Serial-Killer Mystery 2012-04-27T10:30:18Z China's government had successfully quelled the spread of drugs, particularly opium, since the Communist Party took power in 1949. Jackie Chan's son arrested in China on drugs charge 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Driving much of the plot in both novels was the opium trade forced on China by the British East India Company. Amitav Ghosh sails into the Opium War with trilogy finale 'Flood of Fire' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It's the change from this old 19th century romantic, glamorous, quiet, slow world of opium to the quick, brutal, modern, degrading world of cheap heroin. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z The contraband in question wasn’t opium or hashish or arms. The odd tale of Britain’s wall — a hedge — across a swath of India 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Since his meander to China becomes a superb digression into the Anglo-Chinese opium wars, perhaps it doesn't matter that he made the train thing up. WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z He made Le Fey a scientist, an unmarried mother, and, for a time, an opium addict. ‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The novel charts how the opium dens of Mumbai gave way in the 1970s to heroin addiction. Jeet Thayil becomes first Indian winner of South Asian literature prize 2013-01-25T14:30:01Z It did not help that her stories, with their opium dens, concubines and bound feet, were considered bourgeois. Chinese Writer Cements a Legacy 2010-10-01T12:30:00Z His hobbies included gambling on cockfights, consuming opium and dishonouring women. The Alamo: a cannon that fails to fire 2012-11-08T11:37:47Z This former gold town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, along the California-Nevada border, had nearly 10,000 residents in the late 1870s, as well as saloons, a red-light district, and possibly even opium dens. These Are America's Coolest Ghost Towns 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Once known for being the center of opium production in the country, it is now home to dozens of casinos and scam compounds. Rebels Are Notching Key Wins Against the Military Junta in Myanmar 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Afghanistan was the world’s biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia when the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z "Over the coming months Afghanistan is in dire need of strong investment in sustainable livelihoods to provide Afghan farmers with opportunities away from opium," Ghada Waly, the executive director of UNODC, said in a statement. Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N. 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z "No... preparations containing opium should ever be given to an infant for the purpose of ...making it sleep." The U.S.’s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Iran is estimated to have the world's highest per-capita number of opioid addicts and sits on a major smuggling route for opium grown in Afghanistan. Dozens killed in fire at Iranian drug rehab centre 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Violence has spiked in Guerrero over the past decade as a growing number of criminal gangs battle for control of the lucrative opium poppy trade, as well as for other smuggling routes. Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z U.N. officials said the strong contraction of the opium economy is expected to have far-reaching consequences for the country as opiate exports before the ban accounted for between 9-14% of the national GDP. Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z "This presents a real opportunity to build towards long-term results against the illicit opium market and the damage it causes both locally and globally." Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N. 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The region is also a hotspot for the growing of opium poppies and the production of heroin. Mexico police gunned down in ambush in Guerrero state 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z British subversion and battlefield mastery not only effectively ended China’s opium prohibition, but it facilitated the British acquisition of Hong Kong. More than peer pressure, coercing people through drug use is on the rise. Here's how we can fight it 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z It was in that century that Karl Marx called religion the “opium of the masses” and Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared that “God is dead” because “we have killed him!” We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z “Afghanistan is in dire need of strong investment in sustainable livelihoods to provide Afghans with opportunities away from opium,” she said. Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Many of the provinces where the Taliban has historically had high levels of support, such as southern Helmand, have a large concentration of opium poppy cultivation. Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N. 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Another U.N. report in January noted that opium production has flourished in Myanmar since the military seized power, after many years of decline. Thai police say drug bust nets methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin worth $8.2 million 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Another U.N. report in January noted that opium production has flourished in Myanmar since the military seized power, after many years of decline. Thai police say drug bust nets methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin worth $8.2 million 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Illegal opium poppy cultivation in the hills has also been a source of friction. Torture, rape, killings: An Indian state's brutal conflict 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The Taliban, which regained power in August 2021, announced a ban the following April on the production of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's main opium producer. Afghanistan meth trade surges as Taliban clamps down on heroin, UN report says 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021. Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z There are also signs that a Taliban ban on narcotics cultivation has dramatically reduced poppy production in what has for years been the world's biggest source of opium. Taliban mark two years since return to power in Afghanistan 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z They have improved domestic security through crackdowns on armed groups such as the Islamic State, and say they are fighting corruption and opium production. The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z A state media outlet had branded online games as "spiritual opium". Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z He praised the appearance of solar panels in Afghanistan and noted that the country's opium trade had "all but disappeared". Tobias Ellwood: I got it wrong on Afghanistan clip, says Conservative MP 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z He put out a tweet with a video saying that security was vastly improved, corruption reduced and the opium trade "ended". Taliban: MP claims Afghanistan a 'country transformed' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The Bournemouth East MP said Afghanistan was "a country transformed," with solar panels starting to appear "everywhere" whilst the country's opium trade "all but disappeared". Tobias Ellwood: Tory MP criticised over Taliban re-engagement call 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Taking place in the 1950s, it features a character named Ludwik, who sends a satirical postcard to a woman: “Optimism is the opium of the people!” it announces. Appreciation: In a world full of lies, Milan Kundera taught us how to be free 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Fentanyl, for example, is potent in low dosages, making it much easier to transport across borders than heroin or opium, which is why we will likely never be rid of it. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The country was the victim of Britain’s exploitative opium trade during the 19th century. Washington Raises Pressure on China to Combat U.S.’s Fentanyl Crisis 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The Taliban took over in August 2021 and announced a ban on opium cultivation the following April. Taliban: MP claims Afghanistan a 'country transformed' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The production of opium and heroin used to flourish there, mainly because of the lawlessness around Myanmar’s remote eastern Shan State. UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia’s Golden Triangle 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Most of those narcotics consisted of opium exported to China. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He urged his followers to give up alcohol and opium and called for the overthrow of the Qing government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z However, the ban on production doesn't mean the end of the opium trade. Taliban: MP claims Afghanistan a 'country transformed' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z A Taliban spokesman told the BBC they imposed the ban because of the harmful effects of opium - which is taken from the poppy seed capsules - and because it goes against their religious beliefs. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s also easier to make on an industrial scale than the labor-intensive cultivation of opium, from which heroin is derived. UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia’s Golden Triangle 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In 1840, Chinese officials tried to stop the ongoing shipments of opium from India and open war broke out between the EIC, supported by the British navy, and China. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did the government of the Qing Dynasty wish to prevent the British from selling opium in China? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Experts says that while production has significantly reduced in poppy-growing areas, the opium trade out of Afghanistan has not stopped. Taliban: MP claims Afghanistan a 'country transformed' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of the world's opium. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The showy opium poppy is valued both as an ornamental flower and as a source of potent opiate compounds. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z In the end, the Royal Navy forced the Chinese state to re-open their ports to the Indian opium trade, and the British obtained Hong Kong in the bargain as part of the British Empire itself. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Smoking opium led to a far more intense high than chewing it, and opium addiction became a serious problem in China. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The first laws making drug use a crime were aimed at Chinese immigrants who smoked opium. Drug laws promoting health, not punishment, have best chance of success | Op-Ed 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Heroin made from Afghan opium makes up 95% of the market in Europe. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Some KMT operatives smuggled opium sap grown in Myanmar’s Shan state — the heart of the narcotic-rich Golden Triangle where the porous borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet. Thais welcome Chinese tourists to a onetime refuge for regime’s foes 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Religion, famously described by communist philosopher Karl Marx as “the opium of the people,” was strictly prohibited. Cubans seek solutions and solace in Santería amid crises 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z In 1839, the Chinese government seized opium in British warehouses in Canton. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, dissolving opium in alcohol to make laudanum, the method of ingestion preferred by Victorian ladies, was still permitted. Drug laws promoting health, not punishment, have best chance of success | Op-Ed 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The BBC has now travelled in Afghanistan - and used satellite analysis - to examine the effects of the direct action on opium poppy cultivation. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z There are two main uses for the opium poppy. Positive urine test? Maybe you ate poppy seeds 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Heroin comes from the opium poppy, and methadone is synthetic. Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Growing economic relationships also led to conflict when the British tried to end China’s positive balance of trade by importing opium into China from their territories in India. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z There are nods to systemic exploitation — Miss Havisham’s inherited fortune comes from “opium, indigo and slaves” — and some random expressions of feminism and activism. ‘Great Expectations’ review: A dismal remodel of a Charles Dickens tale 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z "We don't have large pieces of land. If we grew wheat on them we would make a fraction of what we could from opium." Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z For example, there are genetically engineered opium poppies that produce no morphine or codeine and others that produce no opium latex at all. Positive urine test? Maybe you ate poppy seeds 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “The costume — you can’t see it close enough — is covered in opium ash, and from the bottom, it’s going green and it’s rotting,” Colman says. Darkness and dirt reign in this version of 'Great Expectations' 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Chinese government outlawed recreational opium in 1729, but the British traders refused to stop selling it, and the price skyrocketed. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z After slamming online games as “spiritual opium” and enforcing strict controls on screen time for minors, regulators last April begun approving new games following an eight-month hiatus, with the first foreign titles greenlighted in December. Chill pervades China’s tech firms even as crackdown eases 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Helmand province in the south-west used to be Afghanistan's opium heartland, producing more than half of the country's opium. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar after falling for seven years, according to the UN. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The value of opium produced annually in Myanmar can reach up to $2 billion, with much of the drug smuggled out to neighbouring countries and on to the global market, the report added. Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule - UN report 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Merchants from other nations including France and the United States also began selling opium in China, but the British dominated the trade from their bases in India. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “Virtually all the heroin reported in East and Southeast Asia and Australia originates in Myanmar, and the country remains the second-largest opium and heroin producer in the world after Afghanistan,” Douglas said. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z But for a people already battered by a long war, the opium ban has struck a crushing blow, coming as it does amid an economic collapse which has caused near universal poverty in Afghanistan. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The UN believes this is driven by economic hardship and insecurity, along with higher global prices for the opium resin that is used to make heroin. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z So begins the picaresque journey of this deeply endearing, often frustrating man who does his best to heal others even while nursing his own despair with opium. Review | ‘The World and All That It Holds’ lives up to its sweeping title 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Most of the world’s opium poppy had come from just three countries — Afghanistan, Myanmar and Mexico. Inside the daunting hunt for the ingredients of fentanyl and meth The so-called Golden Triangle area, where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet, has historically been a major production area for opium and hosted many of the labs that converted it to heroin. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z "We are very upset. Wheat earns us less than a quarter of what we used to make from opium," he says. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z But over the past decade crop substitution projects and improving economic opportunities in Myanmar have led to a steady fall in cultivation of the opium poppy. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Nearly a century after early opium smugglers lugged their loads across the Rio Grande, Mexico has been carved into criminal fiefdoms. A DEA agent tracked the source of fentanyl in Mormon country — a Mexican cartel He procured opium gum from Nayarit’s eastern highlands and used B.L.O. connections to ship heroin and other drugs into the United States. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Most of the opium exported by Myanmar goes to China and Vietnam, while heroin goes to many countries across the region, Douglas said. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z He rejects assertions by the UN, the US and other governments that opium was a major source of income for the Taliban when they were fighting against Western forces and the previous Afghan regime. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The annual opium survey conducted by the UN, however, shows that production in Myanmar has risen again. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z And it may raise hopes officials - who once attacked video games as "spiritual opium" - may soften the country's severe gaming restrictions. China claims youth gaming addiction resolved 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z China’s game industry came under scrutiny in August last year, with authorities limiting gaming time for minors to just three hours a week after state media decried online games as “spiritual opium.” Blizzard, NetEase game partnership in China to end 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The cultivation of opium had been trending downward in recent years before the military took control of the government in 2021. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z At the source, the impact of the ban on opium prices is already evident. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In recent years, this has supplanted opium as the source of funding for armed groups operating in the war-torn border areas of Myanmar. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “So it’s almost like they recognize that technology is influencing kids’ development, and they make their domestic version a spinach version of TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world.” TikTok’s China-founded parent working to addict American kids, says anti-social media activist 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “A group known as the Tequileros dominated the region for some time; it was a group that mainly smuggled and distributed opium, but also engaged in kidnapping, extortion and several killings in the region.” Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z At the same time, as the conflict continues to take its toll on Myanmar’s economy, an increasing number of rural households have been pushed into relying more on opium cultivation for income, the U.N. said. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z "While opium and heroin prices remain at a 20-year high, they've been falling over the last six months, despite such low levels of poppy cultivation this year," says Mansfield. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z However, opium requires a lot more labour than synthetic drugs, making it an attractive cash crop in a country where the post-coup economic crisis has dried up many alternative sources of employment. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z He interpreted in English, Pashto and Dari while his platoon built schools, searched people during raids and worked to cut the opium trade. 'Blacklisted' Afghan interpreters were disqualified from U.S. visas. Now they’re in hiding 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Precisely how opium was used by the Canaanites in their burial rituals, remains unknown, the researchers said. Opium dating back to 14th century BC found in ancient grave site in Israel 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “The expansion of opium production that is underway is fundamentally about poverty and people in rural areas reacting to the economic situation,” Douglas said. Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Billions of dollars were spent by the US in Afghanistan to try to eradicate opium production and trafficking, in the hope of cutting the Taliban's source of funding. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Opium farmers' earnings grew last year to $280/kg, a sign of the attractiveness of opium as a crop and commodity, as well as strong demand. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Evidence of the earliest use of the narcotic opium has been found in an ancient burial site in Israel. Earliest evidence of opium use found in burial site in Israel 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Instead his doctors refused to wash their hands or sterilize their instruments, and starved him while shoving food, liquor and opium into his rectum. This president was shot in the back, but the doctors are the ones who killed him 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Lai sleeps in “the Chinese Section,” tucked into a hardwood opium bed that dates back hundreds of years, under a duvet he sewed out of a red and gold wedding kimono. Among the beauty objects of L.A. fashion icon Peter Lai 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z As far as heroin addiction in the UK and the rest of Europe goes, Mike Trace says a dramatic reduction in opium cultivation in Afghanistan is likely to alter the type of narcotics consumed. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The region, where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos meet - the so-called "Golden Triangle" - has historically been a major source of opium and heroin production. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z A variety of drugs such as aloe, myrrh, and opium were isolated from plants. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z For example, species of the foxglove plant produce digitalis, a powerful heart medicine, whereas the opium from the poppy is the source of many narcotics. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Given the ban, however, he has no plans to try to plant opium again. Afghanistan: Peace at a price in the Taliban’s heartlands 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z "People are likely to turn to synthetic drugs which can be far more nasty than opium." Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z "At the end of the day, opium cultivation is really about economics, and it cannot be resolved by destroying crops which only escalates vulnerabilities," said Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC's country manager for Myanmar. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The Taliban's pledge to tackle opium poppy cultivation mirrors a policy they introduced with some success when they were last in power more than two decades ago. Afghanistan: What's changed a year after Taliban return 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Solutions made from the opium poppy have been used in the past to dull the sensation of pain and induces a sense of wellbeing. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It wanted to end opium production, but not take away farmers’ incomes. Opinion | Kabul fell one year ago. Here are the lessons we should learn. 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z And she stressed the importance of education for young boys, who without any schooling, job or skill could be at risk to get involved in opium production, weapons smuggling or in violence. Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z He added: "Without alternatives and economic stability, it is likely that opium cultivation and production will continue to expand." Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Opium is used to make heroin - and Afghanistan has been, by far, the world's largest source of opium for many years. Afghanistan: What's changed a year after Taliban return 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z They have arrested warlords and announced a ban on opium cultivation. The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Even tobacco — which has to be the most demonized plant drug in our world because even opium has legitimate uses that people are grateful for — in the right context, can be a powerful healing medicine. Michael Pollan: Any drug can be a "powerful healing medicine" 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z He was a gambler, a heavy drinker and an opium user. Wimbledon finalist Vere Thomas St Leger Goold who became a murderer 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “Helmand Province was by far the most volatile area in Afghanistan,” he said about the country’s southern region, a longtime center for opium poppy production and the Taliban insurgency. 'You sent me to war. Now's your turn to fix me.' How a weed brand is helping veterans 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z However, Dr David Mansfield, an expert on Afghanistan's drug economy, points out the main opium poppy crop would already have been harvested by the time the ban was imposed. Afghanistan: What's changed a year after Taliban return 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is the world’s biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The solar arrays have been central to ensuring Afghanistan’s status as the global leader in opium. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z He struggled there with frequent nightmares suffering from withdrawal symptoms of both alcohol and opium. Wimbledon finalist Vere Thomas St Leger Goold who became a murderer 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z The Golden Triangle area, where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet, was historically a major production area for opium and hosted many of the labs that converted it to heroin. 1B meth pills: East, SE Asia drug industry hits ominous peak 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z He kept himself going on a diet of opium, digitalis, belladonna and brandy. Review | Finding wisdom in Charles Baudelaire’s mad scribblings 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Day laborers can earn upwards of $300 a month harvesting opium from the poppies. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Afghanistan produced 83 percent of the world’s opium from 2015 to 2020, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z “Let me be clear that from now on," Hamkar said, “no one in any part of the country will be allowed to cultivate or produce either oman, or heroin, or hashish, or opium." The drug trade now flourishing in Afghanistan: Meth China's regulators have also been proactive in ensuring compliance in a sector state media once called "spiritual opium". China gaming firms toe the line, paving the way to end licence freeze 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The harvest is underway, with teams of workers slicing the bulbs and scraping the milky resin that will eventually be opium. Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Many others who had planted earlier succeeded in harvesting, going from plant to plant, slicing the poppy’s bulb, then scooping up the sap that oozes out, the raw material for opium. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The Taliban, for their part, have condemned opium as anti-Islamic, as Afghanistan’s poppy crop sustains addicts in Europe and the Middle East, as well as a huge number inside Afghanistan. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z For decades, the country has been a global hub for opium production, estimated to supply 80 percent of the world’s opiate users. The drug trade now flourishing in Afghanistan: Meth Today, Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer of opium. World Digest: April 3, 2022 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z During their first time in power, the group made several halfhearted attempts to restrict opium before banning its cultivation on religious grounds in the late 1990s and in 2000. Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead, it only steadily increased: In 2002, around 75,000 hectares were planted with poppies, producing some 3,400 tons of opium. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But given their own deep ties to opium smuggling during the insurgency, Taliban leaders are walking a fine line between hypocrisy and holiness. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Poppies are the main source of income for millions of small farmers and day laborers who can earn upwards of $300 a month harvesting them and extracting the opium. Afghanistan’s Taliban announce ban on poppy production 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Sunday announced a ban on harvesting poppies, even as farmers in some parts of the country began extracting the opium from the plant that is needed for making heroin. World Digest: April 3, 2022 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas De Quincey wrote freely about their use of opium, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning referred to a mixture of morphine and ether as “my elixir.” Where Have All the Artist-Addicts Gone? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Today, Afghanistan’s opium output is greater than all other opium-producing countries combined. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The opium ban was met with a collective shrug this spring by southern farmers, many of whom were already harvesting their spring crops. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Afghanistan produces more opium than all opium-producing countries combined and last year was the sixth straight year of record opium harvests. Afghanistan’s Taliban announce ban on poppy production 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Security forces have in the past repeatedly clashed with militant groups and also with drug traffickers in the province, located along a major smuggling route for Afghan opium and heroin. Iran arrests members of ‘Zionist regime’ in plot to sabotage nuclear facility 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Many people became discouraged, and opium addiction rose steadily. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly 80% of the heroin produced from Afghan opium reaches Europe through Central Asia and Pakistan. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “I think they banned it for their own benefit because most of the smugglers and Taliban commanders have tons of opium, and they might want to increase the prices,” Mr. Agha said. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Nearly 80% of heroin produced from Afghan opium production reaches Europe through Central Asia and Pakistan. Afghanistan’s Taliban announce ban on poppy production 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Economic hardship has gripped Myanmar since the coup and Douglas said farmers without options in Shan State were likely to return to opium cultivation in the near- to medium-term. Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Many Chinese greatly resented the foreigners and the bustling trade in opium they conducted. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Afghanistan produces over 4,000 tons annually of opium. the raw material used to make heroin. In freezing Afghanistan, aid workers rush to save millions 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Taliban patrols drove leisurely past bountiful opium fields where the spring crop was being harvested. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The ban, while hitting drug production houses hard, will likely devastate the small farmer who relies on his opium production to survive. Afghanistan’s Taliban announce ban on poppy production 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Ahead of all these gaming-related shutdowns, Chinese regulators compared video games to “spiritual opium” and began limiting kids’ screen time to just three hours per week. Roblox shuts down Chinese mobile app to work on a new version 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In the late 18th century, however, British merchants smuggled opium into China for nonmedical use. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In Helmand province, they prevented the BBC from filming a large and notorious opium bazaar, describing it as a "restricted area". Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z He and other farmers have saved money this spring by not paying opium taxes imposed by the Taliban in previous years. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z On the advice of other doctors, he said, he began to take opium for his ailments and, to his dismay, soon became addicted. America’s first opioid crisis grew out of the carnage of the Civil War 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Selling large quantities of drugs no longer required acres of opium poppies or major operations to collect ephedrine-based decongestant pills. Review | When the drugs get stronger, the stories get sadder and the solutions more elusive 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z It took a few decades for opium smoking to catch on, but by 1835, as many as 12 million Chinese people were addicted to the drug. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In neighbouring Kandahar, we were initially given permission to film an opium bazaar, but on arrival told it would not be possible. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “For many opium farmers, abundant water is now a given,” he said. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z But the advent of an opium derivative, morphine, and the use of the hypodermic syringe gave doctors a faster way to administer a more potent drug, Jones said. America’s first opioid crisis grew out of the carnage of the Civil War 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A crippling drought, financial hardships and unpredictable border closures at the war’s end have sent them scrambling for the security of the region’s most reliable economic engine: growing opium poppy. In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z This growing supply of opium caused great problems for China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z During the group's first stint in power, they did eventually ban opium. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z On May 13, the governor of Helmand Province, adjacent to Kandahar Province in the opium belt, ordered the police to confiscate panels and pumps so that newly planted poppies would die in parched fields. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z “Gow” was once a term for opium, which was used to improve the performance of racehorses in the early 20th century. A Hot Rod Before Its Time: Ford’s Model A, With a Boost 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z For many years, opium brought lower profits than pomegranates per hectare, but what it does offer is financial security. In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The British shipped opium to China and exchanged it for tea, which they then sold in England. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "They've achieved what they have thanks to opium," one farmer says, indignantly. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z He added, “We are committed to fulfilling the opium decree.” Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Afghanistan’s opium production crossed the 6,000-ton mark for the fifth straight year, according to a United Nations report, undermining efforts to stop the war-torn nation from being the hub of the global drug trade. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z During their first regime, the Taliban made several halfhearted attempts to restrict opium before altogether banning its cultivation on religious grounds in the late 1990s and in 2000. In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent weeks, farmers across Afghanistan have been busy preparing their fields and planting opium seeds. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The opium ban comes amid catastrophic levels of hunger, poverty and drought. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The country has produced 6,800 tons in 2021, and the uncertainty resulting from the Taliban’s takeover of the country has pushed up opium prices in August and September. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z State-backed media also referred to online games as “spiritual opium,” further highlighting China’s skepticism towards gaming. The Chinese version of Fortnite is shutting down in mid-November 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The pleas went unanswered, and Britain refused to stop trading opium. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Afghanistan's economy is collapsing following the withdrawal of international support in response to the Taliban takeover earlier this year, and for many farmers, opium seems like the safest option. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z After investing about $500 on seeds, fertilizer, labor and other expenses, Mr. Agha said, he hoped to gross about $5,000 after selling the 20 kilograms of opium he expected to harvest this spring. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z “The 2022 opium harvest will be based on decisions that farmers will make in November 2021, when they are starting to sow opium poppy,” the report, released Monday, added. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z For example, a state media outlet branded online games as "spiritual opium" earlier this year. Chinese version of Fortnite to close 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of “spiritual opium”, to clamping down on “blind” worship of internet celebrities. China passes law to cut homework pressure on students 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Speculation the Taliban might eventually ban opium cultivation has led to a rise in prices, which in turn, according to farmers, is encouraging them to plant more of it. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z And opium markets continue to operate as usual in many areas, Mr. Shakir said. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is the world’s largest opium producer, accounting for some 87% of the global production, despite a $9 billion, two-decade effort by the U.S. to deter illegal production of the drug in the country. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Eric Blair — who took his pen name at 30 — was born in India in 1903, where his father worked in opium production, an insidious “counterbalancing commodity” meant to offset Britain’s many Chinese imports. What does George Orwell's garden tell us about his writing, you ask? Everything 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet the most widely used analgesics today are essentially folk remedies that have served for centuries: morphine and other opiates derive from the opium poppy, and aspirin comes from willow bark. Toward Better Pain Control 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z "None of us will let them ban opium unless the international community helps the Afghan people. Otherwise we'll go hungry and won't be able to look after our families." Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The crop also makes up the largest share of illegal activity in the country where the economy has been long dependent on foreign aid and opium sales. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z North Korea has a long history of drug production - mostly heroin and opium. Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The illicit opium trade is intertwined with Afghanistan’s economy and its turmoil. Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z As well as a large number of market stalls devoted to the sale of opium, it's home to factories, employing 60-70 people each, which process it into heroin. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z One Afghan government after another has pledged to stamp out opium production and trafficking, only to prove unable to resist billions of dollars in illicit profits. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z When in early August a Chinese state media outlet called online games "spiritual opium" it was viewed as a red flag. Changing China: How Beijing's crackdowns are impacting business 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The fields of cotton and opium poppies in Marjah turned into a nightmare for the foreign troops that fought the elusive Taliban insurgents. In rural Afghanistan, a family welcomes Taliban rule 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z But the Taliban also implemented the only largely successful ban on opium production, between 2000-2001, before the U.S. invasion. Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z "The first time the Taliban came to power, it took them six years before they actually enforced a ban on drugs and that was just opium at the time," he says. Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The Taliban government of the 1990s ultimately managed to reduce opium cultivation. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z One state media outlet has called online games “spiritual opium,” in an allusion to past eras when addiction to the drug was widespread in China. Parents laud Chinese rules aimed at kids’ ‘unhealthy’ gaming 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Upstairs, the primary suite adds a wraparound veranda and opium den accessed by a hand-carved ladder. ‘Charlie’s Angels’ director McG drops $14.7 million on famed Bella Vista estate 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Whether they will be able to ban opium production is another story, he said. Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z There were 15 people there at the moment, he said, a number of them opium addicts who would be released after a few days. More 'Judge Judy' than 'Cops': A first look at the Taliban's new police 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Now, with the Taliban back in power, the insurgents turned politicians are again struggling to eradicate opium cultivation and the rampant addiction problem that has come with it. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Last month, a newspaper affiliated with China’s official news agency, Xinhua, published a report calling online gaming “spiritual opium” harming the country’s teenagers. Opinion | China’s nanny state grows ever more intrusive 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z With exports in 2019 of about $870 million — mostly carpets, plus figs, licorice and other agricultural products — Afghanistan has little to offer on a large scale that is as lucrative as opium. Short on Money, Legal and Otherwise, the Taliban Face a Crisis 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He said demand from traffickers remains high, and come harvest time in November, selling opium is his only means to make a living. Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “We have many points of common interest,” Mr. Mujahid said, listing terrorism, opium production, and refugee flows as potential areas of cooperation with the West. After Quick Victory, Taliban Find Governing Is Harder 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z But stamping out opium will be more difficult than ever because of a shift by poppy farmers to green energy. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z There were projects to reduce opium poppy cultivation, promote women’s rights and hold credible elections. U.S. troops depart a dramatically changed Afghanistan after 2 weeks of chaos and 20 years of war 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In addition to hawala, opium from the country’s vast poppy fields and smuggling brought the country money from the rest of the world, offsetting weak trade. Short on Money, Legal and Otherwise, the Taliban Face a Crisis 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z An official newspaper lambasted online games in early August as “spiritual opium,” an explosive accusation in a system that associates nineteenth-century opium use with colonial powers seizing Chinese territory. ANALYSIS: China extends control with online gaming crackdown 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z In early August, the share prices of Tencent Holdings and other big Chinese video game companies fell sharply after a Chinese newspaper called their products “spiritual opium.” China Tightens Limits for Young Online Gamers and Bans School Night Play 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The solar panels have helped generate bumper opium harvests year after year since farmers in southern Afghanistan’s poppy-growing belt began installing them around 2014. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z He said he taught her to blow smoke that way, drawing on memories of opium dens he had walked past as a child in Shanghai. Hiro, fashion photographer with an eye for the surreal, dies at 90 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Since taking over Afghanistan, the Taliban have said they will stop production of opium. Short on Money, Legal and Otherwise, the Taliban Face a Crisis 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The company issued the curbs hours after a state-affiliated newspaper criticized the gaming industry and called games “spiritual opium.” China limits children to 3 hours of online gaming a week 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Earlier this month a state media outlet branded online games "spiritual opium". China cuts children's online gaming to one hour 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The new rules issued today come a month after an article published by state media described online games as “spiritual opium.” Kids in China now restricted to just 3 hours of online gaming per week 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Climate change also stands to complicate the Taliban’s ability to fulfill a key promise: the elimination of opium poppy cultivation. A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Robert Crews, an expert on Afghanistan at Stanford University, said the Taliban proclamation on opium was probably a “diplomatic overture.” Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Office on Drugs and Crime, who places Afghanistan’s share of the global opium market at over 80%. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The biggest failure of Afghanistan is that our participation nurtured Afghanistan’s largest two national products: opium and corruption. Opinion | What we’re leaving behind in Afghanistan — and why we’re leaving 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Army units in Kandahar, a hotbed of Taliban activity, and Zabul Province, where the Taliban enjoyed support among many villagers and reaped financial rewards from cultivating opium. From Kabul Airport to a Houston Walmart: ‘Desperate to Get to America’ 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The Taliban often deny their involvement in the drug industry, and take pride in having banned opium poppy cultivation for a period while in power in 2000. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z There is evidence of opium production in Afghanistan since at least the 18th century, scholars have said. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z To fight a counterinsurgency, American troops and officials often sought support from tribal leaders enmeshed in the opium trade. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z In a recent article in the Financial Times, Mr Ahmady wrote that claims the Taliban could get sufficient revenue from illegal mining, opium production or trade routes were "over-optimistic". Afghanistan's economy in crisis after Taliban take-over 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The Taliban claims opium poppy cultivation was stopped and the flow of illegal drugs halted when it was last in power in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z A 10% cultivation tax is collected from opium farmers, according to Afghan government officials. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Before the Taliban effectively seized power in 1996, around 59 percent of global opium production was estimated by the United Nations to be from the country. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Fifteen years later, the U.S. launched costly airstrikes on suspected drug labs that failed to disrupt opium networks because the crudely built facilities could often be replaced within a day. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The DEA says people have used kratom to relieve muscle strains and as a substitute for opium; the drug also has been used to manage withdrawal symptoms from opioids. Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Its opium harvest accounts for more than 80% of the world's supply. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Taxes are also reportedly collected from the laboratories converting opium into heroin, as well as the traders who smuggle the illicit drugs. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to say to what extent the opium trade has contributed to the Taliban’s victory. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Drug Enforcement Administration agents found about 10 tons of opium stashed inside the offices of the governor of Helmand province, the center of Afghanistan’s poppy belt. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Afghanistan also dominates the global opium and heroin business, which provided the sole income for many poor farmersbut also a boon for the Taliban who extort taxes, trafficking fees and engage in cultivation and production. Factbox: Crisis pushes Afghanistan's economy closer to the brink 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He said "we will bring opium cultivation to zero again" and that there would be no smuggling. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, which can be refined to make heroin. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “In many communities, opium cultivation is crucial to survival,” Crews said, adding that there could be confrontations with Afghan growers across the country who are facing economic problems because of drought and the coronavirus. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The counternarcotics campaign was driven by the belief that the Taliban was filling its coffers with taxes levied along the opium supply chain. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime estimates that more 80% of global opium and heroin supplies originate in Afghanistan. Factbox: Crisis pushes Afghanistan's economy closer to the brink 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But in July 2000 the Taliban banned opium poppy farming in areas they controlled. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z With an estimated annual export value of $1.5-$3bn, opium is big business, supplying the overwhelming majority of heroin worldwide. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Almost a quarter century later, Afghanistan continues to be the world’s top opium producer. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z A ban on poppy cultivation could have unintended consequences on the global drug market, which was jolted this year by a military coup in Myanmar, the world’s second-largest supplier of opium. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The resulting supply glut has knocked opium prices to historic lows. Opinion | Now comes the Taliban narco-state 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Following the Taliban's ban on opium poppy farming, there was a noticeable dip in opium and heroin seizures globally in 2001 and 2002. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The Taliban's financial network extends well beyond taxing just the opium business. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But since the Taliban assumed power in Kabul earlier this month, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has repeatedly told international media the Taliban would not allow the production of opium or other narcotics within its state. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Felbab-Brown said there is precedent for a country eradicating its opium trade: Thailand. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z According to DEA and U.S. intelligence veterans I interviewed, farmers overplanted and opium prices tanked. Opinion | Now comes the Taliban narco-state 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The Taliban profits through taxes on the opium crop and indirectly through processing and trafficking, the US State Department says. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Shares in the world’s largest gaming firm by revenue also took a battering after a state media article described online games as “spiritual opium” and expressed concern about their impact on children. Tencent second-quarter profit rises 29%, beats estimates 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore,” Mujahid said during a news conference on Aug. 17, two days after the group seized the Afghan capital. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Starting in the late 1980s, the Southeast Asian nation was able to reduce its opium footprint by providing poppy growers alternative jobs. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Afghan kingpins now control roughly 85 percent of the world opium supply, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which monitors illicit crops worldwide. Opinion | Now comes the Taliban narco-state 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Heroin made from opium grown in Afghanistan makes up 95% of the market in Europe. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z There is illegal mining and, of course, opium production and related activities such as smuggling. What next for Afghanistan's economy? 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Afghanistan accounted for 85 percent of the opium produced worldwide last year, far outdoing rival producers such as Myanmar and Mexico, according to United Nations data. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z It will mark the first time in 20 years that the illicit plant — the raw ingredient of opium and its derivative, heroin — will grow free of interference from U.S. and coalition forces. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The fundamentalist group also regards opium, he says, “as a weapon to poison their perceived enemies at home and abroad.” Opinion | Now comes the Taliban narco-state 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Although there have been fluctuations, opium production and opium-related seizures have shown an upward trend over the last two decades, in line with poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Instead, experts said, they stoked anger against the government in Kabul and its foreign backers – and sympathy for the Taliban - among farmers and laborers who depend on opium production to feed their families. Profits and poppy: Afghanistan's illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z But the group needed the support of smugglers and farmers, as well as funding, which it could get by taxing opium production. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Thailand had the benefits of peace, a rapidly industrializing economy and a far smaller opium trade to start with. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Doing so won international praise for the Taliban and gave the kingpins a windfall, because they used their insider’s knowledge to buy opium cheap from unwitting, desperate farmers. Opinion | Now comes the Taliban narco-state 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Drug seizures and arrests have had minimal impact on the country's opium poppy cultivation, according to Sigar. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z These range from annual precipitation and the price of wheat, the main alternative crop to poppy, to world opium and heroin prices. Profits and poppy: Afghanistan's illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Resin from the plant can be refined into morphine, which can then be processed further into heroin; both are easily transportable, making opium an attractive crop in a country with weak infrastructure. Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z It was also difficult to compete with the established infrastructure of the opium trade, where traffickers often paid growers up to 40% of the cost of cultivating their crops in advance. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z One article which went viral this month called online games "spiritual opium", adding that children were becoming addicted and urging greater curbs. China should root out online games that distort history - China National Radio 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z It is considered a gateway to mineral-rich provinces and is in a strategically important location close to the border with Tajikistan, which is used for the smuggling of opium and heroin. Afghanistan war: Biden says he does not regret troop withdrawal 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z |
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