For your perusal: A selection of nude ladies in opium dens all taken from the Flickr Set of The Opium Museum. Enjoy.
Category Archive: drugs
Mar 08
Mexico's Narco-Insurgency: Barbarians at the Gate
Who ever expected the war on drugs to become a real war? For as long as I can remember, America has been declaring war on concepts. There’s been wars on poverty, cancer and terror. It’s hard to take it seriously. Though you might like to smoke pot, it’s difficult to believe that you’re at war …
Jan 23
Robot Drug Smugglers
Everything from body cavities to bibles have been used to smuggle drugs and robots have done everything from stimulate body cavities to read bibles so it only makes sense that, sooner or later, robots would start smuggling drugs. Guards at Emely Prison saw a remote control helicopter flying over their walls and carrying a very …
Sep 13
Robots Dispense Drugs
In England, Robots have started dispensing drugs out of pharmacies. Their human counterparts in the US make 1.5 million errors per year. It is hoped that our metal friends, by using barcodes, can reduce both mistakes and waste. And, if it works in hospitals, it should work on the street. I’m sick of seeing human …
Jan 13
Psychological Kevlar
Not only is the army attempting to make robots who think like soldiers but it’s also trying to make soldiers who think like robots. Rightly disturbed by the amount and nature of mental problems that are emerging in veterans, The Pentagon plans to make remorse obsolete. To do this they will use the same technique …
Jul 31
Salvia Divinorum
When I buy a suit, I know pretty quickly if it fits or not. But drugs are different. For starters, they’re not made out of cloth and you shouldn’t wear them. Aside from that, it’s difficult to find a substance that appeals to my strange tastes. I’ve never been fond of stimulants, downers bore me …
May 17
Latawnya the Naughty Horse
Here’s the reason that most people are on drugs: It is the only possible way to endure all of the anti-drug propaganda. Not only that, but being high actually allows you to enjoy it. While the rest of the world has moved on, there’s still stoners giggling about Regan era, anti-drug slogans like “This is …
Apr 26
Drugs and Drinks: Oh My!
Although I’ve quit both I like to encourage this behavior in others. I don’t believe that there’s anything wrong with drinks or most drugs. I’m simply too stupid and ill-disciplined for them. Even a drop of potion is dangerous to a man of my special brand of moronism. While Dr. Jekyll may have his manners, …
Dec 07
New Model Opium
Maybe you’re getting a bit bored with opium and yet don’t want to take the jump up to morphine, let alone heroin. Perhaps, like me, you were never terribly impressed with the stuff in the first place. Whatever the case, you’re probably in dire need of an option. That option has arrived. It’s called opiorphin …
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