
EP 48: Opium and Colonialism
Brown History Podcast
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Do You Know What's Happening in India?
As soon as the opium trade begins there are people in Britain who are like this is bad. There's a very strong anti-alcohol movement because alcoholism is a huge problem I mean it's perceived to be a huge problem there especially by by the church and other kind of like religious organizations. In India they don't talk about opium much at that point of time because one they don't want to alienate any allies in UK who are pro-opium but also pro-Indian independence or might help them get more power. Even M.K. Gandhi was against alcohol for spiritual reasons, he said.
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