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The Long War on Drugs
By
Anne L. Foster
Anne L. Foster
Anne L. Foster is Associate Professor of History at Indiana State University, author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2755-3
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter
Identifying the Problem
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Published:November 2023
A powerful anti-opium movement emerged, especially in Europe and Asia, during the late nineteenth century. Activists, many of them religiously motivated, criticized opium itself as well as the problems with opium sale and distribution to vulnerable populations. They often focused their efforts on colonized spaces, arguing that anti-opium policies were part of what they understood as the civilizing mission.
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