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War_Hymn t1_izp9zyi wrote

Reply to comment by Law_Equivalent in The Japanese cigarette brand weaponised against Chinese smokers in wartime by zhumao

>it's impossible morphine is "harder" than opium, the reason opium gets you high is because of the morphine naturally in it mainly.

So you're going to tell me a glass of whiskey (40% ABV) isn't harder hitting than the same size glass of beer (5% ABV)?

Refining opium into morphine or heroin removes the non-narcotic components and impurities in the natural product. The resulting product is much more concentrated in psychoactive agents, hence has a stronger effect for a given dose.

>Morphine was never developed

Morphine was first isolated in 1804/1805 by German chemist Friedrich Serturner - by 1817 he had started a pharmaceutical company to produce and market the new drug as an analgesic. Heavy use of morphine in medical treatment during the American Civil War (and the mass opiate epidemic it spawned in its aftermath) is so well documented that I'm surprise anyone would even try to refute it.

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WhittlingDan t1_izp1ife wrote

Reply to comment by tafinucane in The Japanese cigarette brand weaponised against Chinese smokers in wartime by zhumao

My dad told me that when he was in Vietnam you could buy a metal tin or cloth wrapped package of 50 or 100 joints for $1 American money. They were sold predominantly as just "marijuana" but most of the time were also dipped in opium. Supposedly it was meant to addict the soldiers but the vast majority of the soldiers already new they had opium in them and were more than happy to use those instead. The war was brutal and many of the soldiers on the front were forced to go and taken from the poorest and most disadvantaged in society. If politicians want to send us to war then their children or at least one of their children and at least one child (blood for both to avoid adoption schemes) from every rich family should be sent to the front lines (enlisted combat roles, no officer positions) before there is ever a draft. Even without a draft I feel that politicians who vote for war need more skin in the game, something personal.

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-introuble2 OP t1_izoxsb1 wrote

Reply to comment by Bentresh in A wall relief, comprising five figures carved on a bench in a communal building dating to the 9th millennium BC, was found in Sayburç, south-eastern Turkey, in 2021. It constitutes the earliest known depiction of a narrative ‘scene’ by -introuble2

Thank you!

"... in the form of narrative compositions or ‘scenes’ that feature clear figurative depictions of sets of figures in spatial proximity to each other..."

Though it isn't hard to understand what 'narrative scene' could mean, however, I can't always recognize it. In such and other examples, at least in my eyes it isn't always clear; i.e. when this should be considered one depiction of larger scale, or separated and independent somehow 'scenes', or in the end separated but connected [like 'panels'] 'telling a story'? Even if they were arranged horizontally

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myguitar_lola t1_izoxm51 wrote

Reply to comment by DonkeyDonRulz in Bookclub Wednesday! by AutoModerator

I looove the ken burns specials! I also really liked an older doc called Surviving the Dust Bowl. I found the first hand accounts so immersive mostly bc they told stories from their childhood perspective. "Daddy" instead of "my father".

I also watched a few on the polio outbreaks in the early 20th century bc my grandmother had polio as a child and post polio as an older adult. That rocked my world. I actually never knew much about it.

Omg that timeline is amazing!!! When I get home I'll check to see if my PBS app shows that.

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-introuble2 OP t1_izoxku1 wrote

Reply to comment by newtsheadwound in A wall relief, comprising five figures carved on a bench in a communal building dating to the 9th millennium BC, was found in Sayburç, south-eastern Turkey, in 2021. It constitutes the earliest known depiction of a narrative ‘scene’ by -introuble2

It's fascinating to see a 'story' that ancient, being depicted. However I'm not so sure about the exact classifications; i.e. when it should be considered 'narrative', if scientists are distinguishing on the base of material etc. In any case I wish I knew the story...

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WhittlingDan t1_izoxizg wrote

Reply to comment by DaveyGee16 in The Japanese cigarette brand weaponised against Chinese smokers in wartime by zhumao

>drugs weren’t used to control colonial possessions, they were normal every day consumer items everywhere in the West too.

It was both and still is both, governments and wealthy "organizations" often connected to governments use drugs both for profit and control. Sonetimes control/benefit works both directions such as financing other "darker" expenses and operations while also destabilizing where they are sold. The CIA was behind the Cocaine/Crack epidemic in the US decades ago. It funded many different operations in the US and other countries, it destabilized and financed coups while also destroying black and other minority communities especially in the inner cities. It fed on the desperation and lack of opportunity.

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