The military government's Opium Proclamation 1945 brought raw, prepared and dross opium, except medicinal opium, under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance on 20 September 1945. The order ended the government monopoly that had sold opium legally since 1914 and had once supplied nearly half of Hong Kong's revenue. Opium users then turned to smuggled supplies, and illegal opium dens and red-pill peddling multiplied after 1946.[1]
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References
- Hong Kong Customs — A Centenary History, Chapter 4: Cessation of Opium MonopolyPrinted pp. 190–191: 1914 monopoly, 45% revenue peak in 1918, Proclamation No. 13 of 20 September 1945, post-1946 black marketarchived
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