The Architecture of 13,000,000 Pounds of Opium Production

Here are some iconic images of the opium receiving/production/distribution center in Patna, India, which claimed to produce some 13,000,000 pounds of opium juice annually. They were taken by the Bengal Commissioner Lt. Col. Walter S. Sherwill. Much of the product was exported to China where there was heavy demand for it.

The Examining Room

The Mixing Room

The Drying Room

It’s also interesting to consider these grand, temple-like opium factories alongside contemporary spaces of drug production: the foreclosed tract homes that house America’s meth labs, or the tunnels carved out as part of the U.S.-Mexico border smuggling wars. 

Link Via Edible Geography
Thanks Bruce!