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The arrival of the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] brought a change in the governmental approach to the drug problem. The new government saw drug use as an insidious tool to increase its grip on the population and as a revenue stream that could have explosive growth internationally. The new and now ideologically motivated intelligence apparatus infiltrated groups like the National Opium Syndicate, but instead of being destroyed, these criminal entities were coopted and directed to act in service of government aims. The crime bosses now had government minders, quotas to fill and very specific instructions of who and where to sell. Dissidents point to an entire superstructure organized from within the bowels of power to profit from the international drug trade. This network would include the largest pharmaceutical companies in [[Audonia]] such as [[Opdo Corporation]] and [[ToxiCor]], banks and credit institutions, government ministries and the ever present security services. The Daxian government has consistently denied these accusations.

==Manufacture==

=== ~~Opium~~===

=== Heroin===

Heroin, also known as '''diacetylmorphine''' among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the common poppy plant used for recreational purposes and sometimes prescribed medically as an acute pain reliever. One chemical method of heroin production involves isolation of the water-soluble components of raw opium, including morphine, in a strongly basic aqueous solution, followed by recrystallization of the morphine base by addition of ammonium chloride. The solid morphine base is then filtered out. The morphine base is then reacted with acetic anhydride, which forms heroin. Poppy cultivation in [[Daxia]] is heavily regulated by the state, permits are expensive to discourage small or artisanal producers; most permits are held by large corporations. Nonetheless there are rural areas where poppy is planted and sold for profit surreptitiously, mostly in impoverished western [[Daxia]].

===Crystal methamphetamine===

===Captagon===

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 The arrival of the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] brought a change in the governmental approach to the drug problem. The new government saw drug use as an insidious tool to increase its grip on the population and as a revenue stream that could have explosive growth internationally. The new and now ideologically motivated intelligence apparatus infiltrated groups like the National Opium Syndicate, but instead of being destroyed, these criminal entities were coopted and directed to act in service of government aims. The crime bosses now had government minders, quotas to fill and very specific instructions of who and where to sell. Dissidents point to an entire superstructure organized from within the bowels of power to profit from the international drug trade. This network would include the largest pharmaceutical companies in [[Audonia]] such as [[Opdo Corporation]] and [[ToxiCor]], banks and credit institutions, government ministries and the ever present security services. The Daxian government has consistently denied these accusations.
 ==Manufacture==
-=== Opium===
+=== Heroin===
+Heroin, also known as '''diacetylmorphine''' among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the common poppy plant used for recreational purposes and sometimes prescribed medically as an acute pain reliever. One chemical method of heroin production involves isolation of the water-soluble components of raw opium, including morphine, in a strongly basic aqueous solution, followed by recrystallization of the morphine base by addition of ammonium chloride. The solid morphine base is then filtered out. The morphine base is then reacted with acetic anhydride, which forms heroin. Poppy cultivation in [[Daxia]] is heavily regulated by the state, permits are expensive to discourage small or artisanal producers; most permits are held by large corporations. Nonetheless there are rural areas where poppy is planted and sold for profit surreptitiously, mostly in impoverished western [[Daxia]].
 ===Crystal methamphetamine===
 ===Captagon===

Drug trade in Daxia: Difference between revisions

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