During the 18th century there were two opium wars between Britain and China.   
   Britain won and forced the Chinese government to legalize opium in China and   
   to accept payment for trade goods in opium rather than in gold or pound   
   sterling.   
      
   On Sunday May 31, 2015 Yibada reported that China's registered drug users   
   reached 2.95 million by the end of 2014, according to China's National   
   Narcotics Control Commission, but the actual number is thought to exceed 14   
   million. Among the registered    
   drug users, heroin addicts reached 1.45 million in 2014.   
      
   More than 800,000 drug users were arrested in 2014 and 264,000 were forced to   
   undergo compulsory detoxification. Vice Chief Liu Yuejin of the NNCC stated   
   that many heroin abusers relapse after their rehabilitation experiences. Liu   
   proposes an overhaul of    
   drug legislation and more stringent punishments.   
      
   How much Chinese drug money, in particular the proceeds from heroin sales, is   
   being laundered in Canada, through the stock exchanges or by tearing down   
   decent housing stock and building a new mansion that only a drug lord could   
   afford to live in?   
      
   JL - 30-05-2015   
      
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