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Opium and Drug Use Rise in Vietnam Under Colonial Shadow
Saigon reports opium smoking and drug use among Vietnamese, once suppressed by colonial policy, now resurging with influence from American GIs. The black market supplies opium and derivatives like morphine and heroin, with users moving from opium pipes to harder drugs, often via clandestine dens and family pressures.
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Carl D. Robinson
Saigon
Vietnam
Viet
Dross
Mekong
Delta
Hoa Hao
U.S