Kammala wannan magana: Kamfanin British East India Company ya ga cinikin opium a matsayin damar saka hannun jari a 1683 AD. A cikin 1773 Gwamnan Bengal ya kafa ikon mallakar masana'antar opium na Bengal, a madadin Kamfanin East India. Noma da masana'antar opium na Indiya an ci gaba da daidaitawa da sarrafawa ta hanyar jerin ayyuka, tsakanin 1797 da 1949. 'Yan Burtaniya sun daidaita raunin tattalin arziki daga shigo da shayi na kasar Sin ta hanyar sayar da opium na Indiya wanda aka yi wa China fataucin haramcin gwamnatin kasar Sin. Wannan ya haifar da Farko (1839<unk>1842) da
Yaƙin Opium na biyu (1856<unk>1860) tsakanin China da Burtaniya.