The History of Opium in Japan

When japan conquered tiwan in 18 95, this prohibition system was extended to the new colonial territory. The opium trade was banned for all but a registered population of existing tianese adects who would be allowed access to the drug through state monopolies. This at a time when china had an estimated population of opiumattics somewhere in the millions. But do note the cabiot there on paper, more than a few journalists visit intiwan noted there were a huge number of non registeredAdects who were able to bribe their way around the system. In 19 forty one records only seven thousand 500 adects, representing point 14 % of tions overall population. From