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POINT OF VIEW
In the 17th and 18th Centuries England and France occupied India and took control over the opium trade. _ey then sold the opium to China. Britain even developed a cheap means of producing opium, _e practice of smoking drove addiction.
_e result was a social and economic disaster for China as addiction took over with opium dens opening everywhere. _e British gained in return silks, porcelain…