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Opium pipe, China, 19th century AD

Opium References in Popular Culture, the 2026 List

https://chinarhyming.com/2026/01/02/opium-references-in-popular-culture-the-2026-list/

During the #SecondOpiumWar, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1857, 25 British & French naval vessels bombarded the port of #Canton/#Guangzhou, after a ship was detained there, to prevent any lapse in the profitable #opium flow into China (despite British hypocrisy in banning use at home).

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- Guerre franco-chinoise : début (cf 10e 16e 17e siècle + 18.. #opium 1885 1910 2025).
- Empire de Russie : assassinat de l'Empereur Alexandre II (cf 1855) -> Trône son fils conservateur, Alexandre III = persécutions opposants -> Dementiev s'exile à NY puis Floride USA (cf 1873 1888) + naissance du noble Alexandre Fiodorovitch Kerenski (cf 1903 1905 1906 1912 1915 1917 1970) à Simbirsk (cf Lenine).

#year1881 #climat #anthropocene #climate #histoire #climatechange

Et ainsi, à l’âge de 31 ans, Dementiev se retrouve en Floride, une région boisée, truffée de marécages “grouillants d’alligators”. L’État est plutôt désert, avec à peine 270 000 habitants, ce qui le classe 34e parmi les 37 États de l’époque (aujourd’hui, la Floride est le troisième État en population, avec 23,3 millions d’habitants). La région attire beaucoup d’immigrés désireux d’acheter des terres et de travailler à leur compte.

source : courrier international

The opium fiend, Chinatown, San Francisco between 1896 and 1906.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.

#Chinatown #SanFrancisco #Arnold #California #ArnoldGenthe #City&townlife #Opium #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705105/

The image shows a black and white photograph of an individual sitting on wooden benches, seemingly inside a rustic or industrial building. The person is wearing what appears to be old-fashioned work attire, including a hat, jacket, trousers, and boots. They have their legs crossed and are resting one hand against the bench while looking off into the distance with a contemplative expression.

The surroundings include wooden beams on the walls and shelves above the benches. There's also an open staircase leading up to another level in the background. The overall atmosphere of the photo is somber, evoking feelings of solitude or reflection. This photograph seems part of a collection titled "The opium fiend, Chinatown, San Francisco between 1896 and 1906," suggesting it may have been taken during that time period in California's Chinatown area.

For more detailed information about this image or the context within which it was created, one could consult external resources related to Arnold Genthe (1869-1942), a noted photographer known for his works depicting various aspects of San Francisco life.

A Eunuch's Dream by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ, 1874, France

Context: This painting, inspired by Charles Montesquieu’s Persian Letters (published in 1721), depicts a eunuch who wanted to marry a harem slave. He experienced a vision of her while smoking his opium pipe, but her little companion holding a knife dripping with blood reminds us that the eunuch’s anatomy precludes the fulfillment of his dream. The outline of a hand next to the signature is a khamsa, a symbol used to ward off evil.

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Quote from UNODC Afghanistan (@UNODC_COAFG):

@UNODC_COAFG supports #women’s economic empowerment through the generous contributions of @cooperazione_it , JICA, @MOFAkr_eng, and @UN_STFA , helping formerly #opium-poppy–growing households transition to licit & sustainable alternative livelihoods.

#16Days

#NoExcuse

Source: UNODC Afghanistan (@UNODC_COAFG)
[ https://x.com/UNODC_COAFG/status/1998310009583886419 ]

#Afghanistan

Quote from UNODC Afghanistan (@UNODC_COAFG):

@UNODC_COAFG supports #women’s economic empowerment through the generous contributions of @cooperazione_it , JICA, @MOFAkr_eng, and @UN_STFA , helping formerly #opium-poppy–growing households transition to licit and sustainable alternative livelihoods.

#16Days

#NoExcuse

Source: UNODC Afghanistan (@UNODC_COAFG)
[ https://x.com/UNODC_COAFG/status/1998308423797239850 ]

#Afghanistan

Rückruf:

HOSYAUSHKA Mohn (250 Gramm, Kunststoffverpackung).

Produkt: HOSYAUSHKA Mohn, 250 Gramm
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#Lebensmittel #ruckruf #opium

Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation has hit a decade-record level, the U.N. warned Wednesday, with early indications its heroin output is now being trafficked to Western markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/opium-poppy-farming-war-myanmar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #opium #drugs

Myanmar’s opium boom explodes to decade high amid raging civil war https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/myanmar-opium-cultivation-highest-decade-civil-war-unodc-fl2vvxny?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Myanmar #Opium #GoldenTriangle #UNODC #Heroin

The Drugs Used by the #AncientGreeks and #Romans

November 26th, 2021

"Many of us living in the parts of the world where marijuana has recently been legalized may regard ourselves as partaking of a highly modern pleasure. And given the ever-increasing sophistication of the growing and processing techniques that underlie what has become a formidable #cannabis industry, perhaps, on some level, we are. But as intellectually avid enthusiasts of #psychoactive substances won’t hesitate to tell you, their use stretches farther back in time than history itself. 'For as long as there has been civilization, there have been #MindAlteringDrugs,' writes Science’s Andrew Lawler. But was anyone using them in the predecessors to western civilization as we know it today?

"For quite some time, scholars believed that unlike, say, Mesoamerica or north Africa, 'the ancient Near East had seemed curiously drug-free.' But now, 'new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range of #psychoactive substances.'

"The latest evidence suggests that, already three millennia ago, 'drugs like cannabis had arrived in #Mesopotamia, while people from #Turkey to #Egypt experimented with local substances such as blue water lily.' That these habits seem to have continued in ancient Greece and Rome is suggested by archaeological evidence summarized in the video above.

"In 2019, archaeologists unearthed a few precious artifacts from a fourth-century Scythian burial mound near Stavropol in Russia. There were 'golden armbands, golden cups, a heavy gold ring, and the greatest treasure of all, two spectacular golden vessels,' says narrator Garrett Ryan, who earned a PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan. The interiors of those last
'were coated with a sticky black residue,' confirmed in the lab to be #opium with traces of #marijuana. 'The #Scythians, in other words, got high' — as did 'their Greek and Roman neighbors.' Ryan, author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, goes on to make intriguing connections between scattered but relevant pieces of archaeological and textual evidence. We know that some of our civilizational forebears got high; how many, and how high, are questions for future scholastic inquiry."

Source:
https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-drugs-used-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans.html

#MysteryCults #Rituals #RomanHistory #GreekHistory #AncientHistory #BlueLotus