East End Opium Den, 1872
Opium Smoking, The Lascar's Room in Charles Dickens's 'Edwin Drood'. Engraving by Gustave Dor̩. Opium den. 'London, a Pilgrimage', by Gustave Dor̩ and Blanchard Jerrold, London 1872. Opium is a narcotic drug obtained from the seeds of the opium poppy. It contains the chemicals morphine and codeine, as well as other alkaloids. The opium resin from the poppy is processed, and then burned in pipes. The smoker inhales the vapors from the burning resin. Opium is an addictive drug. In the 19th century and the early 20th century, opium smoking was common worldwide, especially in Asia, which was one of the sources of the opium poppy.
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