De Orta also tells stories, for example about the Persian opium enthusiast he met when serving as a physician at the court of ...

Some consumers who illegally import opium poppy pods may use them to brew a “poppy tea,” consuming it for its narcotic, analgesic, antidiarrheal, or psychoactive effects, according to authorities.

Although opium was used in China for centuries, it was not until the opening of the tea trade to Dutch and British merchants that China was able to import large quantities of the drug. By the early ...

Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire ... Zheng Yangwen, The Social Life of Opium in China (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer ...

PRESENTER:'They then bought up Indian opium and sold it to China, 'buying tea in return. PRESENTER:'And so they created a trading triangle. 'The profits were high, but so was the risk. PRESENTER ...

Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire ... Zheng Yangwen, The Social Life of Opium in China (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer ...