A Homeless Crackhead In Kenya
Many-As-One
I met this homeless crackhead at a Bitcoin conference in Kenya, of all places. He wasn’t there for the conference; he was there begging for money so he could buy crack.
(more…)The Opium Habit
Bill Nye
I have always had a horror of opiates of all kinds. They are so seductive and so still in their operations. They steal through the blood like a wolf on the trail, and they seize upon the heart at last with their white fangs till it is still forever.
(more…)A Discourager Of Cannibalism
Bill Nye
I am glad to notice a strong effort on the part of the friends of humanity to encourage those who wish to quit the use of tobacco. To quit the use of this weed is one of the most agreeable methods of relaxation. I have tried it a great many times, and I can safely say that it has afforded me much solid felicity.
(more…)Opium Smoking In China
Herbert Allen Giles
Many writers on Chinese topics delight to dwell upon the slow but sure destruction of morals, manners, and men, which is being gradually effected throughout the Empire by the terrible agency of opium.
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