- An
opium den was an
establishment in
which opium was sold and smoked.
Opium dens were
prevalent in many
parts of the
world in the 19th century, most notably...
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immediate issue was the
Chinese enforcement of
their ban on the
opium trade by
seizing private opium stocks from
mainly British merchants at
Guangzhou (then named...
- The
Second Opium War (simplified Chinese: 第二次鸦片战争;
traditional Chinese: 第二次鴉片戰爭), also
known as the
Second Anglo-Chinese War or
Arrow War, was fought...
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Chinese Opium Den (also
known as
Opium Joint) is an 1894
American short black-and-white
silent film. It is an
early motion picture produced by
Thomas Edison...
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foreign visitors by a tour of the Bowery,
winding up with a
visit to an
opium joint or
Harry Hill's. ...
Fabian Frenzel; Ko Koens;
Malte Steinbrink, eds...
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Opium is an
American record label and rap
collective founded in 2019 by
American rapper Playboi Carti. The label,
which is
based in Atlanta, Georgia,...
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especially to an
opium den. Its
first usage in the
sense of 'marijuana cigarette' is
dated to 1938. Many
slang terms are
synonymous with the word
joint. 'Spliff'...
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Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – cannabis, cocaine,
mescaline Rube in an
Opium Joint (1904) –
opium;
considered the
oldest still existing motion picture to contain...
- of the
Treaty of
Nanking of 1842,
signed in the
aftermath of the
First Opium War, the
island of Hong Kong was
ceded in
perpetuity to
Great Britain. It...
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criminals were
released from the city's jail.
Illegal businesses such as
opium joints,
gambling parlors, and
houses of
prostitution blossomed, many in the...
