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The opium of the people or opium of the masses (German: Opium des Volkes) is a dictum used in reference to religion, derived from a frequently paraphrased partial statement of German revolutionary and critic of political economy Karl Marx: "Religion is the opium of the people." In context, the statement is part of Marx's analysis that religion ...
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Du Yuesheng (22 August 1888 – 16 August 1951), nicknamed "Big-Eared Du", [1] was a Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai.He made his fortune in the opium trade before transforming into a financial tycoon.
Delano made a large fortune smuggling opium into Canton (now Guangzhou), China. [9] [10] Opium, a highly addictive narcotic related to heroin, was illegal in China. By the 1800s, European demand for Chinese luxury products such as silk, tea, porcelain ("china"), and furniture was immense, but Chinese demand for European products was relatively ...
The Battle of First Bar was fought between British and Chinese forces at First Bar Island and its surrounding area in the Pearl River, Guangdong province, China, on 27 February 1841 during the First Opium War.
Film produced by James Doolittle of Center City Film & Video, Philadelphia, Pa. For doctors in Northern Kentucky, treating heroin addicts makes for a lonely career path. Dr. Mina Kalfas was certified to prescribe Suboxone soon after it came on the market.
Depiction of British opium ships off the coast of China in 1824 by William John Huggins.This period of history provides the inspiration for the Ibis trilogy.. The Ibis trilogy is set to the backdrop of the opium trade in China during the 1830s, which was causing widespread addiction in the country, but was a lucrative endeavour for British and American merchants.