Emily Murphy wrote about the Vancouver, BC Downtown Eastside and its various residents. This is one of her quotes from the book - "It is hardly credible that the average Chinese peddler has any definite idea in his mind of bringing about the downfall of the white race, his swaying motive being probably that of greed, but in the hands of his superiors, he may become a powerful instrument to that end. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapters
1 Preface 6 min 2 Part 1 - Chapter 1 - Pipe Dreams 18 min 3 Part 1 - Chapter 2 - The Traffic 17 min 4 Part 1 - Chapter 3 - The New Buccaneers 16 min 5 Part 1 - Chapter 4 - Opium 18 min 6 Part 1 - Chapter 5 - Snowbirds and Owls 15 min 7 Part 1 - Chapter 6 - Heroin and Slavery 14 min 8 Part 1 - Chapter 7 - Passing on the Habit 14 min 9 Part 1 - Chapter 8 - Doctors and Magistrates 31 min 10 Part 1 - Chapter 9 - Soldiers and Drug Addition 22 min 11 Part 1 - Chapter 10 - The Cure 19 min 12 Part 2 - Chapter 1 - The Black Candle 22 min 13 Part 2 - Chapter 2 - Traffic in the United States 18 min 14 Part 2 - Chapter 3 - Young Addicts 28 min 15 Part 2 - Chapter 4 - The Drug Traffic in Canada 22 min 16 Part 2 - Chapter 5 - Ways of the Traffickers 17 min 17 Part 2 - Chapter 6 - Trappers All 22 min 18 Part 2 - Chapter 7 - War on the Drug Ring 27 min 19 Part 2 - Chapter 8 - International Rings 25 min 20 Part 2 - Chapter 9 - Prisoners at the Bar 22 min 21 Part 2 - Chapter 10 - A Comparison and a Question 17 min 22 Part 2 - Chapter 11 - Black Smoke 24 min 23 Part 2 - Chapter 12 - Cocaine 28 min 24 Part 2 - Chapter 13 - Girls as Pedlars 15 min 25 Part 2 - Chapter 14 - The Hypodermic Needle 22 min 26 Part 2 - Chapter 15 - Prescriptions 22 min 27 Part 2 - Chapter 16 - The Immediate Withdrawal Cure 21 min 28 Part 2 - Chapter 17 - Opened Shutters 26 min 29 Part 2 - Chapter 18 - Prohibition and Drug Intoxication 13 min 30 Part 2 - Chapter 19 - Opium 20 min 31 Part 2 - Chapter 20 - Crime and Narcotics 23 min 32 Part 2 - Chapter 21 - Drug Bondage 22 min 33 Part 2 - Chapter 22 - The Living Death 26 min 34 Part 2 - Chapter 23 - Marahuana - A New Menace 16 min 35 Part 2 - Chapter 24 - Orders for Search 19 min 36 Part 2 - Chapter 25 - Spotter and Stooler 19 min 37 Part 2 - Chapter 26 - Drugs Generally 12 min 38 Part 2 - Chapter 27 - Salvage 23 min 39 Part 2 - Chapter 28 - Healing 16 min 40 Part 2 - Chapter 29 - Forecast of Victory 20 min 41 Part 2 - Chapter 30 - The Contest 14 min 42 Part 2 - Chapter 31 - To Addicts - Apologia 4 min
