An opium den was an establishment in which opium was sold and smoked. Opium dens were prevalent in many parts of the world in the 19th century, most notably China, Southeast Asia, North America, and France.

2023年7月30日 · Opium has a long history in the United States. Between the Civil War and WWII, this including the controversial opium dens. Here's what they were really like.

2021年10月17日 · In these 48 images taken inside opium dens across the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the scenery and atmosphere are palpable. Before color photography was standardized and the Great War broke out, opium dens pervaded China, the United States, and many other parts of the world.

2018年5月4日 · Reclining on bunk beds while sucking on opium pipes, these haunting photos provide a rare glimpse into life in America's 19th century opium dens that prompted the country's first crackdown on drugs.

2024年10月25日 · Opium dens were mysterious places where people smoked a potent drug called opium. They influenced art, literature, and society, but legal action and changing attitudes led to their decline. The legacy of opium dens continues to …

While it is true that after 1909, gambling and opium smoking were illegal in Arizona, both were still available in Chinatown, and opium joints and gambling dens, visited by both Chinese and white...

The opium dens in Prescott were located at Chinese owned businesses. The most basic equipment used by opium smokers was a Yen Tshung (pipe), Yen Dong (a spirit lamp), and Noen Kun Yen (a box of opium paste). Other items commonly provided in the opium dens included sponges, bowls, and head rests.

2018年1月4日 · Opium smoking spread across the United States from the 1870s into the 1910s, with Chinese immigrants operating opium dens in most major cities and Western towns.

2023年1月19日 · Opium dens were typically dark, hidden, underground spaces, and reporters visited Chinatowns and described the dens to their readers. Some suggested that den owners enticed and corrupted white youth—which would become an anti-drug trope—and most of these accusations were revealed to be lies.

An opium den was an establishment where opium was sold and smoked. Opium dens were prevalent in many parts of the world in the nineteenth century, most notably China, Southeast Asia, North America, and France.