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Could you name a couple of countries they burned down because nobody would buy or take drugs?
by jdc 6y ago
Could you name a couple of countries they burned down because nobody would buy or take drugs?
- janitor_monkey 6y agoSearch for the opium wars, fascinating (and terrifying) stuff.
- vulcan01 6y agoThe Opium Wars between China and the British Empire were a result of China's attempt to shut down the opium trade. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars
- vmception 6y agoHong Kong is a geopolitical football because the Mayor of Hong Kong tried to stop a foreign corporation from getting their citizens addicted to drugs. In accordance with British commercial law, the foreign corporation returned with the British Navy and took it over. And then kept pushing the drugs successfully.