Season 3 · Episode 13
S3E7: God’s Own Medicine, Part One
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
September 29, 202215m 14s
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<html><p>Opium: the plant of joy, the poppy of oblivion, God’s own medicine. It changed the course of history in the nineteenth century. So what was its effect in the Philippines?</p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Email us: <u><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></u></p><p>References:</p><p>Wertz, Daniel P. (2013). “Idealism, Imperialism, and Internationalism: Opium Politics in the Colonial Philippines, 1898-1925.” <em>Modern Asian Studies</em>, <em>47</em>(2), 467-499.</p><p>Dikotter, Frank (23 October 2003). “Patient Zero: China and the Myth of the Opium Plague” (Lecture). <u><a href="https://frankdikotter.com/publications/the-myth-of-opium.pdf" target="_blank">https://frankdikotter.com/publications/the-myth-of-opium.pdf</a></u></p><p>Zarco, Ricardo M. (1995). “A Short History of Narcotic Drug Addiction in the Philippines, 1521-1959.” <em>Philippine Sociological Review 43</em>(1/4), 1-15.</p><p>Tosches, Nick (September 2000). “Confessions of an Opium Seeker.” <em>Vanity Fair. </em><u><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/09/opium-dens-200009" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/09/opium-dens-200009</a></u></p><p>Gamella, Juan F., Martin, Elisa (1992). “Las Rentas de Anfion: El Monopolio Espanol del Opio en Filipinas (1844-1898) y su Rechazo por la Administracion Norteamericana.<em>”</em> <em>Revisita de Indias</em> <em>52</em>(194), 61-106.</p><p>Permanyer-Ugartemendia, Ander (2014). “Opium after the Manila Galleon: The Spanish involvement in the opium economy in East Asia (1815-1830).” <em>Investigaciones de Historia Economica 10</em>(3), 155-164. <u><a href="https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-investigaciones-historia-economica-economic-328-articulo-opium-after-manila-galleon-the-S1698698914000605" target="_blank">https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-investigaciones-historia-economica-economic-328-articulo-opium-after-manila-galleon-the-S1698698914000605</a></u></p><p>“Opium Cultivation and Heroin Processing in Southeast Asia.” (1992) US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Intelligence. <u><a href="https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/141189NCJRS.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/141189NCJRS.pdf</a></u></p><p>Audio clips from <em>The Adventures of Tintin </em>animated series by Ellipse Programme and Nelvana.</p></html>