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Scotland is plagued with over 50,000 drug addicts and one of the roots of this addiction is the opium poppy. In this second episode, actor Brian Cox travels to China to discover how the seeds of this modern-day addiction were planted during the height of Britain's trading empire. Since then opi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group
Format: Online Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], ©2012.
Series:Addicted to pleasure.
Subjects:
Opium abuse.
Opium > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Access:Online version

Available through 8/17/2023.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Opium: Addicted to Pleasure (1:50)
  • Pain Relief (2:06)
  • Papaver Somniferum (2:07)
  • Cultivation (2:01)
  • Negotiations (2:03)
  • Smuggling Opium to China (3:06)
  • Jardine Matheson (3:03)
  • War on Drugs (2:00)
  • Retaliation (2:04)
  • Treaty of Nanking (1:56)
  • Power of Opium (2:34)
  • Laudanum (2:55)
  • Hypodermic Syringe (3:19)
  • Widespread Use (2:12)
  • Addiction (1:46)
  • Brain Study (2:05)
  • Heroin (3:32)
  • Jesus Pills (2:24)
  • Opium Wars (1:59)
  • Looking Ahead (2:20)
  • Credits: Opium: Addicted to Pleasure (0:35).

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