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 y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6
 3499\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local a
 uthors\, with the third featuring Jonathan S. Jones\, author of Opium Sla
 very\, Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis. \n\nDuring t
 he Civil War\, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morph
 ine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, tho
 usands of ailing soldiers became addicted\, or "enslaved\," as nineteenth
 -century Americans phrased it. Veterans\, their families\, and communitie
 s struggled to cope with addiction's health and social consequences. Medi
 cal and government authorities compounded veterans' suffering and imbued 
 the epidemic with cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of m
 oral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as "
 opium slavery" limited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suf
 fer needlessly for decades after the war ended.\n\nDrawing from veterans'
  firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, gover
 nment and medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and adverti
 sements\, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opi
 ate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the 
 war's traumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historica
 l context for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance t
 o that of the post-Civil War era.\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washi
 ngton St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.\
 nTags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexand
 ria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop
 .alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
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SUMMARY:Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ..."
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  event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava
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 r/Detail.aspx?si=63499</a><br />\n<br />Join us at Lloyd House for a seri
 es of lectures featuring local authors\, with the third featuring Jonatha
 n S. Jones\, author of Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans and America?s F
 irst Opioid Crisis. \n<br />\n<br />During the Civil War\, the utility an
 d widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to
  wartime medicine. After the war ended\, thousands of ailing soldiers bec
 ame addicted\, or ?enslaved\,? as nineteenth-century Americans phrased it
 . Veterans\, their families\, and communities struggled to cope with addi
 ction?s health and social consequences. Medical and government authoritie
 s compounded veterans&#39\; suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultur
 al meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness\, unmanlin
 ess\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as ?opium slavery? limited t
 he efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly for decad
 es after the war ended.\n<br />\n<br />Drawing from veterans&#39\; firsth
 and accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, government a
 nd medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and advertisements
 \, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opiate-add
 icted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war?s t
 raumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historical conte
 xt for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance to that 
 of the post?Civil War era.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. 
 Washington St.\n<br />Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and v
 olunteers.\n<br />Tags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old &
 amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandri
 ava.gov/Events.aspx">Purchase Tickets online</a><br>\n
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