The Opium Wars

badly hooked by the early 1800's. It The opium War also known as the Anglo Chinese Wars, lasted from 1839 to 1842 and 1850 to 1860. The Opium war a a climax between the Qing dynasty and the United Kingdom and Ireland. British smuggling of Opium from British India into china in defiance of China's drug laws erupted into open warfare between Britain and China. Opium is a preparation made from the juice of poppy seedpods, and used to produce heroin. The drug was mainly produced in and shipped from the east indies to china by British merchants. This addictive drug was had gotten many Chinesewasn't always a addictive drug to China, it used to be a medicine in which they used to cure diseases, this happened in the 15Th century. it was used to cure diseases such as dysentery,cholera, as well as diarrhea.