Historical Bibliography Updated: February 9, 2020

Opium-smoking in America and China: A study of its prevalence, and effects, immediate and remote, on the individual and the nation.

Publication Details

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882 CE.

The author claims (p. 1) that "the first white man who smoked opium in America is said to have been a sporting character named Clendenyn. The second—induced to try it by the first—smoked in 1871." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › China, People's Republic of COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Botanic Sources of Single Component Drugs › Opium PUBLIC HEALTH TOXICOLOGY › Drug Addiction

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Entry Number	#9506
Permanent Link	https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/11691
External URL	opiumsmoking-in-america-and-china-a-study-of-its-prevalence-and-effects-immediate-and-remote-on-the-individual-and-the-nation

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York