It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read Opium’s Orphans by P. E. Caquet
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Upending all we know about the war on drugs, a history of the anti-narcotics movement’s origins, evolution, and questionable effectiveness. Opium’s Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the “war on drugs.” A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the...
Opium’s Orphans by P. E. Caquet is 440 pages long, and a total of 110,000 words.
This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 134% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 1 minute to read Opium’s Orphans aloud.
Opium’s Orphans is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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