Those countries had succeeded in cracking down on their own opium production—and drug smugglers began to ... "We have two forms of money here: poppy, and American dollars," says a beardless ...

some of them partners in the drug trade. In recent decades, after the region’s opium production had dropped, methamphetamine in the form of tablets and crystal meth supplanted it. It’s easier ...

The result was the “First Opium War,” in which Britain won ... with this narrative might also view fostering drug addiction ...

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some of them partners in the drug trade. In recent decades, after the region’s opium production had dropped, methamphetamine in the form of tablets and crystal meth supplanted it. It’s ...