Discuss the key historical points in the use of opiates in the United States


• 1800s: opium was plentiful in the United States
• 1800s: Chinese workers came to the U.S. to help build the railroads. With them, the culture of consuming opium in opium dens
• 1836: morphine developed and included in patent medicine
• 1856: hypodermic needle developed
• 1861-1865: Civil War produced many morphine addicts
• 1898: heroin introduced
• 1900s: many drug laws passed to curtail distribution and use of opiates

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