Compare and contrast how and why De-Quincey and Sam Taylor Coleridge began to use opium.

Did the use of opium influence or affect their careers?

Explain whether each one relied on opium for a successful career and whether or not they tried to terminate the use of opium and why?

Were they successful or unsuccessful?

How would you compare some of the socioeconomic consequences of opium that led to social and legislative movements in 19th Century England to similar issues in the USA up till today that gave rise to the War on Drugs?

 Do these issues still justify the control of drugs such as opiates in the USA?

In the 19th century, the poor working class used opium Explain how a person’s perspective on deviance and rationality influences their perspectives and attitudes towards drug users and policies about the War on drugs. In what ways did the poor working class people of 19th Century England use opium?

Identify at least two consequences for families and especially children. How did these consequences lead to changes in legislation?