If you have anything of exceptional value (a family heirloom, a piece of art, jewelry, etc.), you should insure it separately. Insurers will charge extra for this coverage (something like an extra $10 on your monthly premium per $1,000 of value insured), but it pays to be covered.
The Dutch export shipments of Indian opium to China and the islands of Southeast Asia; the Dutch introduce the practice of smoking opium in a tobacco pipe to the Chinese. 1729. Chinese emperor, Yung Cheng, issues an edictprohibiting the smoking of opium and its domestic sale, except under license for use as medicine.
Opium is a black or brown block of tar-like substance that historically has been used for some medicinal purposes. A certain form of opium, known as the paregoric, can treat diarrhea. Other forms of opium, however, are not therapeutic, but instead extremely addictive. At one point in history, opium addiction was so rampant in China that roughly a quarter of the male population was hooked. More recently, opium use in medicine has been severely curtailed, and governments treat opium like the dangerous narcotic it is.