Why didn't the Chinese just stop smoking Opium?

word lol

>>2397271
This little thing called
>opioid addiction

>>2397279
Why didn't they stop being addicted?

>>2397271
Why don't Americans stop smoking pot, snorting coke and doing recreational drugs in general?

>>2397295
>American society collapsed from recreational drugs and they bitterly resented the countries that sold them the drugs so much that they banned all forms of drugs as a result of it and implemented widespread propaganda against them

>>2397271
Why would anyone want to stop smoking Opium?

>>2397338
Because it's destroying the Middle Kingdom?

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>>2397271

We did.

>>2397271
The British came in and blew shit up when they tried.

>>2398748
>"british" man

>>2397295
Because none of those are comparable to opium or opiates in general. More over, being able to smoke weed and take recreational drugs is part of the rights of every man and is not going to hurt the state as much as opium, crack or heroin

>>2398748
LMAO

>>2397305

sounds about right
>muh war on drugs

>>2397305
>dude us Americans are so much better than weak-willed Chinese lmao

>dude just like, stop doing drugs!

>dude we are only overreacting, banning all drugs, and invading foreign countries over it because our situation is so different from China's

>>2398949
>Because none of those are comparable to opium or opiates in general.
>coke

>>2397271
Because the entire country was filled with depressed poor people who literally had to sell their children into slavery to make sure they got fed.