1.   The Vang Vieng area, north of Vientiane, is reputedly still full of opium dens.

2.   American children go into trance while watching television not unlike the high experienced by customers in an opium den.

3.   And now, Daley is asking the city council to repeal dozens of statutes, dealing with everything from seances to opium dens to victory gardens.

4.   But this is not an opium den, a cockfight or an unsanctioned political gathering.

5.   He settled on a banquette in a room whose animal skins, crystal balls and somber lighting lent it the air of a well-appointed opium den.

6.   He was a small, misshapen man who spoke with a French accent and frequented New Orleans burlesque houses, brothels and opium dens.

7.   If, as the critics used to complain, TV is a drug, then no opium den was ever sweeter.

8.   Lamb dumplings at the China Grill in Miami Beach, a place with a romantic opium den haze.

9.   Masters will drown their cares in opium dens.

10.   Nobody thinks Congress is an opium den.