The Opium wars

The Opium War was the very first drug war. The war was from 1839 to 1842. it was a very intense war leading to the humilating defeat of china. the was was mainly about Great Britan and China. it all started when china introduced Tea to Great britain. Great Britain wanted to trade china for tea. china didnt want to, but they wanted to use there trading routes. they ended up making the deal. after three years of batteling China was defeated. The Chinese did not want to trade with the British any more because the British were selling a harm full drug to the Chinese for tea. So the British didnt like this so they fought the Chinese. the chinese were low on technology and army therefore the British won.