We love exotic tales of ye old San Francisco--especially when rich, smooth opium, not meth, was the preferred drug of choice. We came across this ancient news story of a San Francisco opium bust on the wonderfully titled blog If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: Chinese Consul's Wife Arrested for Dope Smuggling San Francisco -- A diplomatic tangle involving the United States and China arose following......