Toking the Dragon: Opium in Seattle
#009: From 1890 until 1908 opium imported from Asia was refined in Canada and then smuggled to Seattle. The result: big profits and satisfied customers. Racist newspapers covered the action.
ALSO: Podcast shout-out: Michael Moore's Rumble (yes!). Facebook sobriety (Hell yeah!). Jim Belushi's Blues Brothers branded legal weed (ew).