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Drug traffic

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  • A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
  • A busy stacking room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Secrets of methamphetamine manufacture / by Uncle Fester.

    Fester, Uncle | Date: [1991]
    • Books

    The gourmet cokebook : a complete guide to cocaine.

    | Date: 1974
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    • Online

    A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

    Carter, Owen Browne, 1806-1859. | Date: [1840] | Reference: 25464i
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    Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

    Preziosi, Amadeo, 1816-1882. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 25471i
    • Books

    The National Drug Strategy : a guide for local partnerships / London Drug Policy Forum.

    McGrail, Sara. | Date: 2005
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