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[–] septimasexta 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

"1886 The British acquire Burma's northeast region, the Shan state. Production and smuggling of opium along the lower region of Burma thrives despite British efforts to maintain a strict monopoly on the opium trade." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/etc/history.html