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History Unplugged Podcast

Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, over 47,000 Americans died as the result of opioid overdoses, more than died annually in this country during the peak of the AIDs epidemic, and more than die every year from breast cancer. But despite the unprecedented efforts of regulators,...

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Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

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I'm your host, Scott Rank.

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In 2017, over 47,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses.

1:32.0

That's more deaths than during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

1:35.0

But despite all the efforts of politicians and regulators and doctors to adjust the epidemic,

1:40.0

it's only become more deadly. While problems with the OPM definitely don't start in the 21st century,

1:45.0

it's been around since basically the beginning of human civilization.

1:49.0

And different cultures have dealt with OPM in very different ways.

1:53.0

Sometimes it was prescribed directly from soldiers and given to them before battle began,

1:58.0

like Alexander the Great may have done with his troops.

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