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17601780180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Early modern period (Europe)Early modern periodLong 19th century (Europe)Long 19th centuryLong 19th century20th century20th century20th centuryContemporaryContemporaryThe East India Company takes over the Bengal opium trade In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe East India Company takes over the B…British opium floods Qing China In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingBritish opium floods Qing ChinaLin Zexu destroys the opium stocks at Humen In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingLin Zexu destroys the opium stocks at H…The First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanjing In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe First Opium War and the Treaty of N…The century of humiliation In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe century of humiliationThe Second Opium War and the burning of the Summer Palace In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe Second Opium War and the burning of…The first international drug control agreements In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe first international drug control ag…The CIA, the Nationalist Chinese, and the Golden Triangle In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe CIA, the Nationalist Chinese, and t…The French Connection heroin pipeline In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe French Connection heroin pipelineThe UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe UN Single Convention on Narcotic Dr…Air America and the secret war in Laos In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingAir America and the secret war in LaosNixon declares a war on drugs In: 1971: the dollar unchained, The global drug trade and how it ties to everything, The militarization of the policeNixon declares a war on drugsThe Rockefeller Drug Laws In: 1973: the postwar order breaks, The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe Rockefeller Drug LawsPablo Escobar and the rise of the Medellín cartel In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingPablo Escobar and the rise of the Medel…Heroin and the Soviet-Afghan war In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingHeroin and the Soviet-Afghan warThe murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe murder of DEA agent Kiki CamarenaThe crack epidemic and the crack-powder sentencing gap In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe crack epidemic and the crack-powder…Afghanistan's opium boom during the US war In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingAfghanistan's opium boom during the US …Portugal decriminalizes all drugs In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingPortugal decriminalizes all drugsThe capture and conviction of El Chapo In: The global drug trade and how it ties to everythingThe capture and conviction of El Chapo4 events, 1989 to 1990. Click to zoom.49 events, 1993 to 2015. Click to zoom.9

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