Psychology 2020A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Thebaine, Laudanum, Chinese Tea
22 Jul 2018
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Opioids have been referred to as narcotics in that they produce a dream like effect on user and at higher doses they induce a state of sleep. Someone named paracelsus introduced laudanum: a medicinal drink combining opium, wine and an assortment of spices. British ppl discovered and fell in love with chinese tea and they started trading opium to china in exchange for their tea. In 1773, british forces had conquered india and india had a lot of opium. Opium smoking an dopium dependence soon became a major social problem. The chinese emperor confiscated a shipment of opium and burned it publicly. And the opium war bw british and chinese started. British people were way more powerful and so they won the war. China was forced to sign over to britain the island of hong kong. , grant to british merchants exclusive trading rights in major chinese ports and pay a large amount of money to reimburse.
