Wild West Tech is a program on the History Channel. David Carradine currently appears as it's host taking over the duties from his brother Keith. The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... Carradine playing Bill in Kill Bill. ...

While the show is supposed to be about technology in the old west some of the topics they cover are not the standerd issues brought up when talking about American History. Pre-Colonial America For details, see the main Pre-Colonial America article. ...

For example one show explains that Morphine was first isolated in 1803 by the German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner, But it was not until the development of the hypodermic needle (1853) that its use spread and it spread quit a bit in the American West. It was used for pain relief and, ironically, as a 'cure' for opium or alcohol addiction. Its extensive use during the American Civil War resulted in over 400,000 sufferers from the "soldiers disease" (addiction). 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (born 19 June 1783 in Neuhaus, Germany (near Paderborn), died 20 February 1841 in Hamelin) was a German pharmacist, who discovered morphine in 1803. ... Different bevels on hypodermic needles Syringe on left, hypodermic needle with attached color-coded luer lock on right. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the...

The same episode informs the views that Heroin Along with other drugs, was only criminalised in the US by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 decades after it was derived. Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is an alkaloid opioid. ... ... The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was an American law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, distribution and use of opiates. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...