A german chemist, Friedrich Serturner, discovered morphine( the main ingredient in opium) in 1805. It started off being extracted as pure opium and England was dependent on its use recreationally in their economy. Opium was transported constantly to China in the 1830’s which boosted England’s economy greatly but it was destroying China because of addiction. This then caused the “Opium Wars” which lasted between 1839-1842 where
A german chemist, Friedrich Serturner, discovered morphine( the main ingredient in opium) in 1805. It started off being extracted as pure opium and England was dependent on its use recreationally in their economy. Opium was transported constantly to China in the 1830’s which boosted England’s economy greatly but it was destroying China because of addiction. This then caused the “Opium Wars” which lasted between 1839-1842 where