<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IBritish East India Company yabona ukuhweba nge-opium njengethuba lokutshala imali ngo-1683 AD. Ngo - 1773 uMbusi waseBengal wamisa ubunikazi bokukhiqizwa kwe - opium yaseBengal, egameni le - East India Company. Ukulima nokukhiqizwa kwe-opium yaseNdiya kwabe sekugxiliswa futhi kulawulwa ngochungechunge lwezenzo, phakathi kuka-1797 no-1949. AbaseBrithani balinganisa ukuntuleka kwezomnotho ngenxa yokungenisa itiye laseChina ngokuthengisa i-opium yaseNdiya eyayithuthwa ngokungemthetho iye eChina naphezu kokuvinjelwa uhulumeni waseChina. Lokhu kwaholela eMbusweni Wokuqala 18391842 kanye  <response>: Impi Yesibili Ye-Opium 18561860 phakathi kweChina neBrithani. 