5.-Describe how the British East India Company dominated the opium trade since 1750.
In 1750 they acquired the Bengal and Bihar opium-growing districts in India. Then they starting shipping
it from Calcutta to China. China became addicted to opium, they even traded silver for opium. British
East India Company establishes monopoly on the opium trade.
6.-When was morphine developed?
During 1803, when Friedrich Sertürner experimented with opium and morphine
7.-Describe China´s government efforts to ban opium since 1729.
In 1729, the emperor Yung Cheng, issues an edict prohibiting the smoking of opium and its sale. In
1799 they ban opium definitely and completely.
8.-Explain the causes for the first opium war.
The First Opium war began when Tse-Hsu, the person in charge of suppressing opium, orders all
foreign traders to stop exporting opium, but the british send warships to the coast of China.
9.-Mention the effects of the first opium war.
China pays a large indemnity, Hong Kong was ceded to the British and Treaty of Nanking between
Britain and China.
10.-Mention the effects of the second opium war.
China is forced to pay another indemnity, the importation of opium is legalized and opium production
increases along the highland of southwest Asia.
11.-When was heroin developed? Who coins the name "heroin"?
First in 1874 by C.R. Wright, then introduced commercially around 1898 Heinrich Dreser working for
The Bayer Company of Elberfeld
12.-When were the Chinese successful in convincing the British to dismantle the India-China
opium trade?
In 1910
13.-When did the U.S. Department´s Narcotic Division ban all legal narcotic sale forcing addicts
to buy from illegal street dealers?
In 1923
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