The Chinese resisted the opium trade. This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China. The Chinese army and navy were no match for the British navy. As a result of ...

opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War of 1839-42. In the first half of the 19th century, the British government faced an economic problem.

While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War. In his new history, Amitav Ghosh ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Opium Wars made it clear China had fallen gravely behind the West — not just militarily, but economically and politically. Every Chinese government ...

However, the illegal fentanyl pipeline has switched from direct export into the U.S. to Mexico, where fentanyl is manufactured and then smuggled into the U.S. While synthetic opioids like fentanyl are ...