Season 3 · Episode 14
S3E8: God’s Own Medicine, Part Two
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
October 13, 202215m 25s
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<html><p>Caught in between religion and revolution, opium turned from a politically dicey government cash crop into an evil and illegal narcotic. And the minds behind the anti-opium campaign in the Philippines would arguably set the tone for anti-drug wars around the globe.</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>Bamero, Alma (2006). “Opium: The Evolution of Policies, the Tolerance of the Vice, and the Proliferation of Contraband Trade in the Philippines,1843-1908.” <em>Social Science Diliman</em> <em>3</em>(1-2), 49-83.</p><p>Taft, William Howard (1903, July 13). [Letter from William H. Taft to Elihu Root]. <u><a href="https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o41275" target="_blank">https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o41275</a></u></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>Ginsberg, Philip (1970). “The Chinese in the Philippine Revolution.” <em>Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives 8</em>(1). <u><a href="https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-08-01-1970/ginsburg-chinese-philippine-revolution.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-08-01-1970/ginsburg-chinese-philippine-revolution.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>Clip of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” from the United States Army Band’s YouTube page.</p></html>