Study Of The Opium In Chongqing Area During The Republic Of China

The opium in Chongqing was flooded during the Republic of China.The reason is:Chongqing superior natural factors is suitable for the growth of opium poppy;for a long time,opium as a good medical drugs are widely used in the treatment of cough and other diseases,and the market is broad;smoking opium as part of the people of Chongqing has long been customary;Chongqing has developed waterways and land transport,easy to opium transport;Republic of political chaos,warlord separatism,in Chongqing for the sake of greater benefit,the government and warlords to support the opium trade.In the Republic of China,the area of opium poppy cultivation in Chongqing accounts for a large part of the area of opium in Sichuan.Especially in the Fuling area,where the opium cultivation area is ranked first in the whole of Sichuan.And then is Fengdu.The large area of opium planting has led to a narrow local market that is simply incapable of digesting so many products.So,a large number of opium is sold to the other field.The opium shipped from Chongqing to the field is mostly transported to the relatively economically developed areas of the southeast.The mode of transport is divided into three types: land transport,inland waterway and air transport.Choosing land transport as main ways,there are Sichuan-Nanjing Railway,Sichuan,Sichuan and other highways,which can quickly transport opium to the designated location.Although there are three rivers in Chongqing(the Yangtze River,Jialing River,Wujiang),using of inland waterway transport opium is more savings in transportation costs,but the waterway has more checkpoints.land can save transportation costs.Air transport is also shipped to the field of a way of transport,safe and fast.The opium trade brings great returns.In order to obtain high profits,the government and warlords openly trafficked,and there are organizations that have smuggled opium.Large known as opium gangs,composed of business groups,trafficking in a variety of ways.The small is individuals or small groups smuggling,loose organization,less benefits.Large areas of planting opium poppy leads to the problem of poisonous food shortage of this problem.Poppies are crowded with fertile land,lack of food,rising food prices and famine.The rapid development of opium trade in Chongqing will inevitably lead to serious social problems.First,opium trade poses serious social harm.Smoking opium spends a lot of money,results in many families bankrupt,addicts embarked on the road of crime.social harm is serious;corrupt officials trafficking in opium leads to local political turmoil,people have misery;military trafficking opium breeds corrupt,that is a great threat.Secondly,due to the expansion of opium cultivation and trade,the agricultural and financial industry has also had a great impact.opium cultivation squeezes agricultural resources and leads to the reduction of food production,results in famine.The financial industry on the opium industry malformation development has played a larger use,the two sides form a reciprocal relationship.The government has also taken control measures to suppress,embargo,embargo,ban on smoking,Although received a certain effect.But because of the existence of huge interests,and this interest also involves the government itself and its staff,the anti-drug is difficult to receive results during the Republic of China.