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Engelbert Kaempfer in 1712 describes addiction to …

Years: 1712 - 1712

Engelbert Kaempfer in 1712 describes addiction to madak, the blend of opium and tobacco: "No commodity throughout the Indies is retailed with greater profit by the Batavians than opium, which [its] users cannot do without, nor can they come by it except it be brought by the ships of the Batavians from Bengal and Coromandel."

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Southeast Asia (1712 - 1712)
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