#opium — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opium, aggregated by home.social.
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Army says 52 #drug #smugglers #killed in North in past 10 months✊️
"MajGen Sathit Waiyanont said te clashes were among 499 successful attempts to block drug smugglers, w a total of 482 #suspects #arrested.. apart fr te arrests, soldiers seized 7.96 tonnes of crystal #meth, 297 million #speed pills, 20 kilogrammes of #heroin, 1.33 tonnes of #ketamine & 378kg of #opium.. Pha Muang Task Force is a specialised unit of te Royal #Thai #Army"
#narcotics #zerotolerance #ganbatte
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3309025/army-says-52-drug-smugglers-killed-in-north-in-past-10-months -
How ‘evil’ was the #British #Empire?
"Fr #Indian #colonisation to te #opium trade, an empire of avarice & brutality was powered by East India Co.. Across 2 centuries, #Britain impoverished, dispossessed & killed tens of mils of Indians, sickened mils of Chinese & dismembered their country & provoked a revolution in Nth America. But there's karma in history. Americans formed their own more powerful empire. India's a major power, & China's world’s 2nd-largest economy. UK?"🧐
https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3362778/how-evil-was-british-empire-centuries-theft-and-destruction -
Partage, veille et lecture : Narcotrafic, le poison de l’Europe (1/2) | la richesse d’une nation | ARTE - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB5fzG0Aieg Dix ans avant la France ou la Suède, les Pays-Bas et la Belgique ont dû faire face à une criminalité ultraviolente organisée autour de la cocaïne latino-américaine. Partant du "maxi procès" qui, de 2019 à 2024, en a révélé les contours inédits, ce premier volet remonte à la source : l'ascension, dès le XVIe siècle, d'un petit royaume champion du commerce international, qui va miser sur l'opium…
Pendant des siècles, les Pays-Bas ont bâti leur prospérité sur la maîtrise des océans, la conquête coloniale et un capitalisme fondé sur le commerce mondial. Mais derrière les façades des splendides demeures bordant les canaux d’Amsterdam se cache une histoire oubliée : celle d’un pays pionnier du trafic de drogue. Des fumeries coloniales au haschich marocain en passant par les drogues de synthèse, ce premier épisode révèle comment l’histoire économique néerlandaise a créé une zone grise entre légalité et criminalité. Une zone qui va ouvrir la voie à des organisations criminelles capables d’une violence encore inconnue en Europe. Au début du XXIe siècle, une nouvelle génération, issue pour une bonne part des quartiers populaires, s’intéresse à la nouvelle drogue du moment : la cocaïne. Une nébuleuse criminelle va bientôt faire les gros titres, la mal nommée "Mocro Maffia"…
Au travers de cette histoire néerlandaise méconnue en France, Christophe Bouquet et Mathieu Verboud montrent comment l'afflux de cocaïne en Europe a donné naissance à une criminalité d'un nouveau type, ultraviolente et plus désorganisée qu'organisée, dont le terme de mafia occulte la réalité. Si la ville de Marseille en est devenue la victime française la plus visible, son territoire mouvant s'avère mondial. Car à l'instar du capitalisme débridé qui cherche à imposer aux États son refus de toute régulation, et dont il se révèle un reflet parmi d'autres, ce narcotrafic 2.0 prospère sur les zones grises d'une économie où flux légaux et illégaux s'interpénètrent toujours davantage. Après Mafia et République,Histoire du trafic de drogue et Mafia et banques, cette nouvelle enquête captivante et dense, tissée d'entretiens, d'images d'archives et de prises de vues inédites, alerte sur l'urgence à agir tout en dévoilant les racines et les conséquences mortifères du phénomène. Forts de plus de dix ans de patientes recherches, leurs interlocuteurs – chercheurs, journalistes, policiers, magistrats ou douaniers – disposent en effet d'une longueur d'avance pour en mesurer le danger sur nos démocraties. #ARTE #Documentaire #TV #narcotraficlepoisondeleurope #paysbas #paysbas #traficdedroguedocumentaire #histoire #documentairehistoire #documentairehistoirearte #opium #cocaine #narcotraficeurope #narcotraficdocumentaire #narcotrafic #cartel #traficdedroguereportage #amsterdam #coffeeshopamsterdam #episode1 #mocromaffia #Shaarli https://dryusdan.link/shaare/RkE2UQ -
Opium releases video for 'Dirge' #Opium
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𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗽 𝗢𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗹
Cornald Maas is ervan overtuigd dat de cultuur blijft voortleven, "ook als er geen televisie bij is en er zware tijden zijn". Dat zei de tv-maker aan het einde van de allerlaatste aflevering van zijn programma Opium op Oerol, dat verdwijnt door de bezuinigingen bij de NPO.
https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5618793/cornald-maas-neemt-afscheid-van-opium-op-oerol
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Giving the international community [well, those with valuable assets] a taste of good ol' USAmerican freedom:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZSXBWGjLOW/
#imperialism #colonialism #foreignintervention #foreignintelligence #foreignpolicy #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #history #worldhistory #warcrime #warcriminals #Chile #dirtywar #Iran #IranWar #Guatemala #Libya #Gaddafi #Panama #noriega #saddamhussein #oil #bloodforoil #afghanistan #opium #usa #cia -
I've had this account since Halloween, probably some kind of record for me.
I should celebrate.
#shitpost #shitposting #disney #opium #drugs #comic #comics #comicstrip #mickeymouse #mickey #waltdisney #cartoon
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British “Commonwealth” aka Stolen Wealth
S3 Episode 1 Tea Leaves China
(Duration: 30 min)
Marc Fennell spills the #tea on the dark truth behind the beloved beverage. Sipped by millions every day, tea's story is one of spies, espionage and the world's largest drug #cartel
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/DO2407H001S00#EastIndiaCompany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_CompanyAbout third series and book project
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/criticism-marc-fennell-always-gets-for-stuff-the-british-stole/106705240 -
Opium den in New York City, USA, 1925
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#Reels served in #infinite #scrolling powered by #algorithms are the #opium of the century.
A tax should be imposed, as with #alcohol and legalized #drugs .
Additionally, #social service providers using #algorithms should be required to provide users with #data and access to the #algorithm (even without disclosing weights\source code) so that users can effectively test for #bias.
(Cover images, generated respectively with #ChatGPT, #mistral and #Gemini with the post as a prompt)
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"Mm, I sure hope no one tries some of this delicious opium I have crates and crates of, ha ha!"
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L'ange Corse tome 2 - Opium - Critiques - 1001BD.com https://www.1001bd.com/index.php?/ecriturecritiques/lange-corse-tome-2-opium-r6214/ Note : 3.5/5 @futuropolis #bd #aventure #corse #opium #indochine
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Les traités inégaux avec la Chine
Par Xavier Lacroix
Encyclopédie d’histoire numérique de l’Europe
https://ehne.fr/fr/encyclopedie/th%C3%A9matiques/relations-internationales/l%E2%80%99europe-et-la-r%C3%A9gulation-juridique-des-relations-internationales/les-trait%C3%A9s-in%C3%A9gaux-avec-la-chine
#encyclopédie #numérique #Europe #Chine #histoire #impérialisme #commerce #guerre #opium #concessions #traité #international -
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-> le gouvernement de Thiers renforce son contrôle sur Paris : nomme des préfets pour diriger la ville et éviter ainsi nouvelle insurrection.
https://archives.paris.fr/offre-culturelle/expositions-virtuelles/la-commune-de-paris
- usine #sucre Darboussier (cf 1869) plus gros employeur Guadeloupe = 700 ouvriers/esclaves = exploitation industrielle prolonge esclavagisme (cf 1885).
- Empire Chine sous les Qing affaiblis par guerres coloniales #opium des Empire UK/France : province du Hunan -> ...
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tbf I'd probably need some opium in that situation too
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Cutting edge 19th century medicine
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1813586/cutting-edge-19th-century-medicine
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From FB Philisophical thoughts: #marx
The statement that #religion is “the #opium of the people” is one of the most frequently quoted — and most frequently misunderstood — lines in modern #philosophy. It is often treated as a blunt declaration that religion is the primary cause of society’s problems, or that it is simply a delusion to be mocked or eliminated. But in context, the claim is considerably more nuanced.
When Marx wrote those words in 1844, he was engaged in a broader critique of social and economic conditions in Europe. The full passage describes religion as “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.” That framing changes the tone entirely. Rather than a crude dismissal, the description is almost empathetic. Religion is portrayed as a response to suffering — an expression of real distress.
To grasp the metaphor properly, it helps to understand what “opium” signified in the nineteenth century. It was widely used as a painkiller. Opium soothed physical agony; it dulled suffering. It did not create the wound. The metaphor therefore implies two things at once: religion provides genuine comfort, and it can also function as a palliative that makes enduring harsh conditions more bearable without addressing their underlying causes.
The core of the argument is structural. Economic exploitation, alienation, and social inequality generate conditions of misery and insecurity. Within such a world, religion offers hope, meaning, and the promise of justice beyond present circumstances. It can give dignity to suffering and moral coherence to chaos. In this sense, religion is not the origin of oppression; it arises within oppressive conditions.
The critique lies in what follows from that insight. If religion consoles people within unjust systems, it may also stabilize those systems by redirecting attention away from material transformation. If suffering is interpreted as part of a divine plan, or if justice is deferred to an afterlife, the urgency to reform earthly arrangements can diminish. Religion becomes both solace and sedation.
Importantly, the argument does not treat believers as irrational. On the contrary, religious belief is seen as understandable — even rational — given the social realities people inhabit. It expresses a longing for justice, community, and meaning. The very existence of such longing signals deficiencies in the social order. The promise of a better world reflects dissatisfaction with the present one.
The ultimate aim, therefore, is not simply to remove belief but to transform the conditions that make such belief necessary as compensation. Abolishing illusions, in this framework, requires abolishing the suffering that gives rise to them. The target is not faith in isolation but the economic structures that produce alienation and deprivation.
Reducing the argument to a slogan about religion being “the cause of everything wrong” misses the philosophical depth of the critique. The focus is not theological but material. Religion is part of the superstructure of society — shaped by and intertwined with its economic base. To attack religion without confronting economic injustice would be to mistake symptom for source.
Seen in this light, the famous line is less an insult than a diagnosis. It identifies religion as a complex social phenomenon: a protest against suffering, a comfort within suffering, and sometimes a force that inadvertently perpetuates suffering. The power of the statement lies in that tension. -
Musical Interlude: OK, here's something to listen to while you do other stuff. Classical music isn't necessarily staid; this symphony is pretty intense.
It depicts the hallucinations of a man who's taken opium to deal with unrequited love. The first movement is reflective of his passions; the second, a vision of a ball, the third, a scene in the country where he realizes his love is not returned; the fourth is a march to the scaffold (you can hear the guillotine blade falling), and the last is a dream of a witch's sabbath, with his love taking part. It's fun stuff!
"Symphonie Fantastique," composed by Hector Berlioz, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgXW-57UDMc
#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #HectorBerlioz #Opium #Visions #GothicMusic
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Opium References in Popular Culture, the 2026 List
https://chinarhyming.com/2026/01/02/opium-references-in-popular-culture-the-2026-list/
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(7/8) ... disparition progressives des Salons et de leurs influences politico-intellectuelle -> échanges se font au Parlement et la presse libéralisée devient canal de #communication #politique principal
- Guerre franco-chinoise : début (cf 10e 16e 17e siècle + 18.. #opium 1885 1910 2025).
- Empire de Russie : assassinat de l'Empereur Alexandre II (cf 1855) -> Trône son fils conservateur, Alexandre III = persécutions ...#year1881 #climat #anthropocene #climate #histoire #climatechange
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A Eunuch's Dream by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ, 1874, France
Context: This painting, inspired by Charles Montesquieu’s Persian Letters (published in 1721), depicts a eunuch who wanted to marry a harem slave. He experienced a vision of her while smoking his opium pipe, but her little companion holding a knife dripping with blood reminds us that the eunuch’s anatomy precludes the fulfillment of his dream. The outline of a hand next to the signature is a khamsa, a symbol used to ward off evil.
https://quokk.au/c/historygallery/p/508331/a-eunuch-s-dream-by-jean-lecomte-du-nouy-1874-france
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Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation has hit a decade-record level, the U.N. warned Wednesday, with early indications its heroin output is now being trafficked to Western markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/opium-poppy-farming-war-myanmar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #opium #drugs
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The Drugs Used by the #AncientGreeks and #Romans
November 26th, 2021
"Many of us living in the parts of the world where marijuana has recently been legalized may regard ourselves as partaking of a highly modern pleasure. And given the ever-increasing sophistication of the growing and processing techniques that underlie what has become a formidable #cannabis industry, perhaps, on some level, we are. But as intellectually avid enthusiasts of #psychoactive substances won’t hesitate to tell you, their use stretches farther back in time than history itself. 'For as long as there has been civilization, there have been #MindAlteringDrugs,' writes Science’s Andrew Lawler. But was anyone using them in the predecessors to western civilization as we know it today?
"For quite some time, scholars believed that unlike, say, Mesoamerica or north Africa, 'the ancient Near East had seemed curiously drug-free.' But now, 'new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range of #psychoactive substances.'
"The latest evidence suggests that, already three millennia ago, 'drugs like cannabis had arrived in #Mesopotamia, while people from #Turkey to #Egypt experimented with local substances such as blue water lily.' That these habits seem to have continued in ancient Greece and Rome is suggested by archaeological evidence summarized in the video above.
"In 2019, archaeologists unearthed a few precious artifacts from a fourth-century Scythian burial mound near Stavropol in Russia. There were 'golden armbands, golden cups, a heavy gold ring, and the greatest treasure of all, two spectacular golden vessels,' says narrator Garrett Ryan, who earned a PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan. The interiors of those last
'were coated with a sticky black residue,' confirmed in the lab to be #opium with traces of #marijuana. 'The #Scythians, in other words, got high' — as did 'their Greek and Roman neighbors.' Ryan, author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, goes on to make intriguing connections between scattered but relevant pieces of archaeological and textual evidence. We know that some of our civilizational forebears got high; how many, and how high, are questions for future scholastic inquiry."Source:
https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-drugs-used-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans.html#MysteryCults #Rituals #RomanHistory #GreekHistory #AncientHistory #BlueLotus
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The Poppy: a Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan by Nicholas J. Saunders, 2013
This is a story spanning three thousand years, from the ancient Egyptian fights over prized medicinal potions to the addicted veterans returning home from the American Civil War, from the British political machinations during the Opium Wars with China to the struggle to end Afghanistan's tribal narcotics trade.
