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The San Francisco Opium Den Ordinance of 1875 was the first law in America that banned a non-alcoholic drug by making it a misdemeanor to visit places where people smoked opium. It was driven largely over xenophobic fears about growing Chinese communities in the city, as well as concerns that it played a role in attracting white residents to Chinatown establishments away from white-owned ones. In…
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The San Francisco Opium Den Ordinance of 1875 was the first law in America that banned a non-alcoholic drug by making it a misdemeanor to visit places where people smoked opium. It was driven largely over xenophobic fears about growing Chinese communities in the city, as well as concerns that it played a role in attracting white residents to Chinatown establishments away from white-owned ones. In…