Chinese opium smokers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1865

A man in a turban sits cross-legged smoking opium in Meywar, Rajputana. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1900

A group of opium smokers in Hong Kong. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1900

Chinese woman in opium den, smoking opium, lying on floor, Hong Kong. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images). Circa 1920

The british manufacturer of opium in India. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1920

Three men relaxing and smoking opium. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1925

A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the attempted smuggling of opium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1926

An opium smoker in China. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). March 1932

An opium den in China. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1942

An Iranian smoking an opium pipe. The pill of drug is heated with glowing coals and the resultant fumes inhaled with quick short puffs. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Two elderly men smoking pipes of opium on a terrace in Korea. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images). August 1950

A narcotic addict in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong smokes from a home-made hookah pipe made of an earthen jug and a bamboo stick. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

Two members of the Dubai police force questioning a man about an opium pipe. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images). 1967