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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 6543372, member: 104064"]I think it's all bunk. As far as I can determine, there was no reason to hide opium in the US during the era of the trade dollars, and as said above, the amount you could keep in there would be minuscule. The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act wasn't enacted until 1914. In Asia, where lots of trade dollars circulated, the opium story is more complicated, but they didn't need to hide it there either. Here are some actual opium boxes, from the opium museum in the Golden Triangle area of Thailand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 6543372, member: 104064"]I think it's all bunk. As far as I can determine, there was no reason to hide opium in the US during the era of the trade dollars, and as said above, the amount you could keep in there would be minuscule. The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act wasn't enacted until 1914. In Asia, where lots of trade dollars circulated, the opium story is more complicated, but they didn't need to hide it there either. Here are some actual opium boxes, from the opium museum in the Golden Triangle area of Thailand.[/QUOTE]
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