The demon rum and other drinks of choice -- The convoluted history of opium -- A motley mix of indigenous brews -- Medical use of opium and alcohol -- "Those heathen chinee" -- Boozers, users, and abusers -- Saloons and other parlors of iniquity -- Opium dens -- The horrors of addiction -- Inebriety -- The pathway to prohibition.
Summary:
"This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900"-- Provided by publisher.
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