Drugs

CIGARETTES KILL. ALCOHOL KILLS [MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER DRUG.] BUT THESE DRUGS ARE STILL LEGAL.

I KNOW I'M STATTING THE OBVIOUS, BUT SOMEONES GOT TO. THEIR WAS A TIME WHEN BRITISH ROYALS INDULGED IN OPIUM [FOR PERSONAL USE AND TO DISTRIBUTE IT.]

HIGH SOCIETY PARTIES WOULD SMOKE ALL TYPES OF MARIJUANA RECREATIONALLY. IT COMES TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE ONLY REASON THE BRITISH GOVERMENT OUTLAWED SPECIFICALLYMARIJUANA WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AFRICAN AND INDIAN MOORISH TRADE OF THE GOODS.SCORES OF ASIANS AND AFRICANS WERE DISTRIBUTING THESE GOODS THROUGHOUT EUROPE.SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF ALL HISTORY CLASSESS IN EUROPE.

ELIZABETH THE FIRST TOLD ALL MAJOR LANDOWNERS TO GROW THE CROP WHIST PROHIBITING THE FOREIGN TRADE ENTERING GREAT BRITAIN. QUEEN VICTORIA ENJOYED THE USE OF THE SUBSTANCE BUT DID NOT DISPUTE WITH THE DRUG BUSINESS.

THE PORTUGESE LOVED TRADING OPIUM FROM THE CHINESE AND EVEN TAKING IT. THEIR TRADE RECORDS GO AS FAR BACK AS THE 1500'S.

EUROPE EVEN USED OPIUM IN A DRUG DUBBED THE BLACK PILL OF IMMORTALITY IN 1537. SHIPS DESIGNATED BY ELIZABETH THE FIRST ARE ORDERED TO PURCHASE THE FINEST INDIAN OPIUM THEY CAN FIND IN 1606.

THE DUTCH INTRODUCE THE SMOKING OF OPIUM IN A PIPE TO THE CHINESE IN 1706. THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY ARE RECORDED TO EXPORT TWO THOUSAND CHESTS OF OPIUM PER YEAR 1750.

YOU GET THE PICTURE: IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A THING OF "IF WE AINT THE ONES BRINGIN' IT IN, FORGET ABOUT IT" RIGHT. WHEN PEOPLE IN LOCAL VILLAGES REALISED HOW MUCH MONEY COULD BE AMASSED SELLING THESE RECREATIONAL DRUGS IN GREAT BRITAIN THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED.

A NEW LAW CAME IN TO DO WITH TRADING WITHOUT THE PAYMENT OF TAX, WHICH REALLY WAS TARGETTING THE YOUNG ENTREPRENUERS WHOM HAD TO GET MONEY DOING SOMETHING. A WORLDWIDE BAN WOULD LATER TAKE PLACE IN THE EARLY 1900'S, WHICH WOULD FUEL A RISE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WHICH IN TURN WOULD FUEL A RISE IN PRISONS BEING BUILT, WHICH IN TURN WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A HIGHLY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS FOR COUNTRIES GOVERMENTS DUE TO FREE LABOUR [SLAVERY IN PRISON], COMPANY ENDORSED CONSUMERISM, AND TAX CREDIT.

Written by D-Raw

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