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Subject: Opium Timeline
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 08:03pm
1797AD.. The British East India Company introduced the Bengal Regulation IV to enable appointment of opium agents for purchase of opium from cultivators and its processing at the BEI Company factories at Patna and Ghazipur.. 1799AD.. Chinas emperor Kia King bans opium completely, making trade and production illegal.. * +
ummati 23.03.10 - 08:08pm
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jlh1182 23.03.10 - 08:18pm
1800.. The british Levant Company purchases almost half of all opium coming out of Turkeys Smyrna region strictly for european and US importation.. 1803.. Friedrich Seturner of germany discovers the active ingredient of opium which leads to the discovery of morphine.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 08:23pm
1805.. Boston smuggler Charles Cabot attempts trade into china disguised as british smugglers.. 1812.. American John Cushing nephew to James and Thomas Perkins earns great wealth from the Perkins company opium trade from Turkey to Canton.. * +
pawel37 23.03.10 - 08:26pm
i have 2 say im ignorant on this subject. i thought it was mainly east asain and brought 2 europe by the traders back then. i know afghanistan i known 4 it but thats all. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 08:29pm
1816.. John Jacob Astor of New York purchases 10 tonnes of Turkish opium using his american fur company, he joins the trade with china until leaving to trading solely with england.. 1819.. English literary personalities such as John Keats experiment with opium to experience the high in a non addictive way.. * +
pawel37 23.03.10 - 08:32pm
what bout cannabis? thats everywhere but where did that originate from? anyway sorry 2 interrupt ur topic jhl. carry on dude i be back a read later. * +
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