Sketch of an opium den in London’s East End. The existence of opium dens in Victorian London’s East End was common knowledge as journalists wrote sensationalized stories, which the public ...

A marijuana plant growing in Denver, Colorado December 31, 2013. Jeffrey Tucker writes that we live in denial about what the war on drugs—alcohol, pot, opium, flakka—is doing to our societies.

As the opium boom transformed Victoria’s colonial goldfields into a ramshackle maze of smoke-filled dens, hatred began to grow for the foreign drug as it lured young women to a life of addiction ...

ROCK CREEK — The old Victorian mansion at Stricker Ranch isn’t actually a museum — it’s the real thing. ... Pioneer graves and an opium den. Mychel Matthews Jul 23, 2017 ...

A History of the World is a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the BBC, and schools, museums and ...

We think of opium dens as a distinctly 19th-century phenomenon, but that may not be the case. Following a question to Curious Melbourne, we delve into the city's history to find out whether they ...

Opium dens were rife in Victoria’s gold rush, luring young women to ruin. ... for it is in them that so many of our Victorian girls are brought to ruin. ...