Opium by John H. Halpern, David Blistein

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/237315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Opium Author: John H. Halpern, David Blistein Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins Release date: 08-13-19 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 43 ratings Genres: History Publisher's Summary: Opium tells the extraordinary and at times harrowing tale of how we arrived at today's crisis, "mak[ing] timely and startling connections among painkillers, politics, finance, and society" (Laurence Bergreen). The story begins with the discovery of poppy artifacts in ancient Mesopotamia, and goes on to explore how Greek physicians and obscure chemists discovered opium's effects and refined its power, how colonial empires marketed it around the world, and eventually how international drug companies developed a range of powerful synthetic opioids that led to an addiction epidemic.