opium

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It focuses first on Art Keller, a 47-year-old ex-CIA agent hired by the newly formed DEA to help destroy the Mexican opium trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

British subversion and battlefield mastery not only effectively ended China’s opium prohibition, but it facilitated the British acquisition of Hong Kong.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2023

They have improved domestic security through crackdowns on armed groups such as the Islamic State, and say they are fighting corruption and opium production.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

He put out a tweet with a video saying that security was vastly improved, corruption reduced and the opium trade "ended".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

After a second Opium War, the Tientsin Treaties legalized the ravaging opium trade, legalized a British-French-American control of China’s customs.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey