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家园 合法与否

查了下,1878年英国立法是禁止中印鸦片成瘾者以外的人吸食,

外链出处

1878

Britain passes the Opium Act with hopes of reducing opium consumption. Under the new regulation, the selling of opium is restricted to registered Chinese opium smokers and Indian opium eaters while the Burmese are strictly prohibited from smoking opium.

1908年才最终禁止吸食用鸦片销售

外链出处

Opium Act, 1908

In the House of Commons on July 10, 1908, the Minister of Labour proposed the adoption of a motion prohibiting: “the importation, manufacture and sale of opium for other than medicinal purposes.”[1][24] The motion was adopted without debate. The Minister introduced Bill 205, An Act to prohibit the importation, manufacture and sale of opium for other than the medicinal purpose. (Opium Act, 1908).[2][25] The first section of the Act prohibited the importation of opium without authorization from the Minister of Customs. Additionally the drug could be used for medical purposes only. The manufacture, sale and possession for the purpose of selling crude opium or opium prepared for use by smokers was also prohibited. Whoever violated these provisions could be found guilty of a criminal offence punishable by a maximum prison term of three years and/or a minimum fine of $50 and not exceeding $1,000. Even though it prohibited the use of opium, the legislation was aimed at opium dealers, most of whom were Chinese, and not users. The bill was given Royal Assent on July 20, 1908.

American consumption of opium rose over four-fold from the 1840s to the 1890s, and the number of addicts peaked at 313,000 in 1896. In the United Kingdom, sales of patent medicines, most of them opium-based, increased almost seven-fold between 1850 and 1905. Significantly, the average consumption of opium per 1,000 population increased from 1.3 pounds in 1827 to over 10 pounds 50 years later.

1877年英国100人消耗10榜大概是4.5kg。此时还没立法限制。不过,至少1827年英国本土不会有多少吸食鸦片的中国苦力?

By 1906, China had 13.5 million addicts consuming some 39,000 tons of opium.

按照这个算,当时中国大概4亿人口,算下来大概是100人均1千公斤左右。人均10公斤。不过这里值得怀疑的是英国本土的鸦片消费是否是被中国苦力拖上去的。

1905

U.S. Congress bans opium.

1890

U.S. Congress, in its earliest law-enforcement legislation on narcotics, imposes a tax on opium and morphine.

Tabloids owned by William Randolph Hearst publish stories of white women being seduced by Chinese men and their opium to invoke fear of the 'Yellow Peril', disguised as an "anti-drug" campaign.

显然,至少在鸦片战争时代,鸦片在西方还不属于违禁品。

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