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Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction
This Isn't the First U.S. Opiate-Addiction Crisis - How drug companies triggered an opioid crisis a century ago

How Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston
As The Opium Trade Boomed In The 1800s, Boston Doctors Raised Addiction Concerns

Constructing addiction as a moral failing, Geoffrey Harding [PDF] -
The medicinal value of opium as an analgesic has been known to humankind for centuries. In England during the nineteenth century it was regarded, especially among the labouring classes, as a popular panacea for a variety of ailments. However by the end of the century addiction emerged as an issue of public concern - due largely to the 'moral crusade' launched by the Victorian anti-opium movement against the non-medical use of opium. Central to the movement's campaign was a certain model of addiction, promulgated by its most prominent organisation, the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade. This paper examines how this model was taken as an objective reality.
Victorian Opium Eating: Responses to Opiate Use in Nineteenth-Century England, Virginia Berridge, Victorian Studies Vol. 21, No. 4 (Summer, 1978), pp. 437-461
posted by the man of twists and turns (5 comments total) 27 users marked this as a favorite
 
I love your title... assume it's a reference to this?
posted by workerant at 12:21 PM on March 22, 2018 [4 favorites]


no, this, like
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:27 PM on March 22, 2018 [6 favorites]


Yeesh, there've been jokes aplenty about "heroine"/"heroin", but I didn't realize it was originally a commercial pharmaceutical product deliberately named that way.
posted by inconstant at 1:29 PM on March 22, 2018 [5 favorites]


I love your title... assume it's a reference to this yt ?
posted by workerant


My first thought as well. I love that song.
posted by Splunge at 2:40 PM on March 22, 2018 [2 favorites]


What about Marcy Playground?

Hell, maybe I've just been inspired to do a hippybear-style album post.
posted by cardioid at 8:42 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]


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