The degree of social acceptance of opium in the nineteenth century was dependent on the manner in which opium was ingested.

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Opium was widely accepted and used for medicinal purposes in the form of pills or tinctures. However, smoking opium, which was associated with Chinese immigrants, was stigmatized and considered a vice by many people in the US and Europe during the nineteenth century.

The Degree of Social Acceptance of Opium in the Nineteenth