Skip to main content

Opium University

University of Idaho is unpacking 1000 pieces of rare opium smoking equipment. An eccentric collector beat his addiction. Now he just wants them out of his house. Correspondent Tom Banse has the intriguing back story of how these so-called "instruments of self-destruction" came to a small Northwest town.

Why you can trust KUOW
Close
On Air Shows

Print

Print

Play Audio
 Live Now On KUOW
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Next: KUOW's The Wild with Chris Morgan in 21 mins
On Air Shows

Print

Print

Play Audio
Local Newscast
The Latest
View All
    Play Audio