This war was one of the very first drug wars and took place in chinait was Known as the Opium War and it also known for the Algo- chinese war. The drug was produced and shipped in from the East indies to china by the British. A lot of people were gettinq adiicted like the chinese got addicted to this drug in the early 1800s. When opium was first introduced to china everything started to get used for diseases like dynestry, cholera, and also diarrhea. when the people started to try the drug they couldnt leave it.
The britisg nduring 1700 discovered that opinum will be mixed with tobacco to be smoked.During the 1800 chinese green tea became popular that everyone started trying it and all the western countrys try it. When the chinese government realized that the bristish merchants weres sellinq the opinum drug to the chinese.
Until 1838 the opium drug was restricted from trade , The emperor wrote a letter to Queen Victoria asking why it was illegal in their country but selling china drugs. The letter unfortunately was never delivered directly to the Queen. Since the chinese warriors thought that the queen never acknowledged the letter than it the warriors thought that it challenged them. Chinese officials destroyed the opium drug and banned english man from china. China was ready to attack the british.
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