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We are taught that the British Empire rose through industry, discipline, and naval power. The truth is that one of its greatest sources of wealth flowed from addiction, coercion, and an engineered drug economy.

In the nineteenth century, opium was not a shadow trade—it was policy. Controlled supply chains, enforced markets, and imperial leverage turned narcotics into currency. Profits from opium moved through ledgers and vaults, stabilizing trade deficits and financing the machinery of empire.

This system reshaped global economics. Debt bound nations, silver drained from Asia, and trade routes became instruments of control. What appeared as commerce was, in reality, leverage—money weaponized to bend markets and governments alike.

As the empire expanded, the cost was externalized. Social collapse abroad sustained financial stability at home. Opium became the hidden pillar beneath British power, quietly underwriting dominance while planting the seeds of long-term instability.

This documentary uncovers how drugs, debt, and economics converged to build an empire—and how the same forces eventually exposed its limits.

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This video is for educational and documentary purposes only. It explores historical economic systems and financial practices to provide context and understanding, not financial advice or commentary on modern markets.