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Opium - a drug that induces euphoria, banishes pain and stimulates creativity - is also a one-way ticket to slavish dependency. Its long, bizarre and shocking history began in ancient times in the Middle East, India and China; by the 1870s, opium was an ingredient in many popular patent medicines touted as cures for every ill. At the same time, the vice of smoking opium was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, embraced with interest by writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Graham Greene, and Jean Cocteau. 6,000 year old Sumerian texts refer to the opium poppy as the 'joy plant'. It is thought Arab traders took opium to China in about the 7th or 8th century A.D. where it was used as a medicine until about the 17th century where it was realized it could be smoked. In later years the Portuguese and later the British were supplying China with most of its opium, making Britain (and mainly a company called the East India Company) the world's largest dealer. It was sold in India to be smuggled into China, making it entirely legal from the British side. The Chinese government took to destroying British opium imports before they reached China which eventually sparked two short wars and in the treaties that followed Britain was given Hong Kong, extra trading rights and sixty million pounds in compensation for lost opium stocks Most of the products listed here have different sizes, colors or other styles available. Please click on the thumbnail picture of your selection to view a larger image and see the additional attributes. Enjoy!

Opium Pillow Boxes

	Most Unusual Donut Shaped Pillow Box Code:DonutPillowBox-104 Price: $149.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Smaller Size 8 Sided Wood and Leather Bound Box Code:WoodLeatherSmall8SideBox Price: $89.95 Quantity in Basket: none