Chinese-patronized opium dens were banned. Tincture of laudanum (opium rum) was still available at every drug store. The history of drug prohibition is a proce

Chinese-patronized opium dens were banned. Tincture of laudanum (opium rum) was still available at every drug store. The history of drug prohibition is a process of cracking down on one minority group after another in order to get votes. Opium: chinks. Marijuana: niggers. LSD: smelly hippy sluts. Methamphetamine: poor white trash/wiggers. Visible booze bottles: bums.