Booth offers a rich and definitive narrative on a major issue in a highly readable form.
-- The Times (London)

Booth handles an inflammatory topic with admirable cool.
-- The Sunday Times (London)

Opium: A History is an informative book, full of thought-provoking facts and statistics.
-- The Sunday Telegraph (London)

This book will be an eye-opener for anyone who thinks of opium as the faintly glamorous indulgence of a few Romantic poets.
-- The Daily Telegraph (London)