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 ==History==
 [[File:A_busy_stacking_room_in_the_opium_factory_at_Patna%2C_India._L_Wellcome_V0019154.jpg|thumb|An imperial opium storage room during the Qian dynasty]]
-Opiod use in [[Daxia]] dates back to the 7th century, when it is believed to have been first introduced into the country through trading with merchants from the [[Arunid Empire]]. The poet Ye Chinchuan reported the use of opium as a sedative and and aphrodisiac in noble circles. Opium was later received from the Nasrad kingdom as part of the [[Tributary system of Imperial Daxia|tribute system]]. The surviving [[Imperial Tallies (Daxia)|imperial tallies]] record the annual receipt of fifty chests in 1025, while during the late Qian period the figure was close to ten thousand chests or the equivalent to 650 tons of opium. Use of recreative opioids became very common and legal during the late Qian period, with the [[Hongli]] emperor reportedly consuming them to counteract his frequent bouts of anxiety and pscychotic breakdowns during the [[Second Great War|war]]. The military governments that followed the monarchy tred very hard to tamp down on the use of drugs. They clamped down harshly on users, producers and traffickers when they could get their hands on them. Campaigns to burn opium poppy fields took place yearly, traffickers were hanged in public places in an effort to create fear, drug users were jailed, sent to mental asylums and their families ostracized. These draconian methods failed to make a dent, the astronomical profits meant that new criminal outfits such as the National Opium Syndicate were undaunted. By the 1970's the war on drugs was quietly and reluctantly shelved, and from then on the problem was basically ignored.
+Opiod use in [[Daxia]] dates back to the 7th century, when it is believed to have been first introduced into the country through trading with merchants from the [[Arunid Empire]]. The poet Ye Chinchuan reported the use of opium as a sedative and and aphrodisiac in Shang noble circles and later among the urban middle classes. Opium was also received frequently from the Nasrad kingdom as part of the [[Tributary system of Imperial Daxia|tribute system]]. The surviving [[Imperial Tallies (Daxia)|imperial tallies]] record the annual receipt of fifty chests in 845, while during the late Qian period the figure was close to ten thousand chests or the equivalent to 650 tons of opium. The Zhong made important and succesful efforts to limit the consumption of opium by heavily increasing custom duties and taxation of opium itself in addition to a special tax on pipes and a steep increase in the price of licenses for purchasing agents. Consumption plateaued during this period and remained steady at around 120 tons per year.
+Use of recreative opioids became very common and legal during the late Qian period, with the [[Hongli]] emperor reportedly consuming them to counteract his frequent bouts of anxiety and psychotic breakdowns during the [[Second Great War|war]]. The military governments that followed the monarchy tred very hard to tamp down on the use of drugs. They clamped down harshly on users, producers and traffickers when they could get their hands on them. Campaigns to burn opium poppy fields took place yearly, traffickers were hanged in public places in an effort to create fear, drug users were jailed, sent to mental asylums and their families ostracized. These draconian methods failed to make a dent, the astronomical profits meant that new criminal outfits such as the National Opium Syndicate were undaunted. By the 1970's the war on drugs was quietly and reluctantly shelved, and from then on the problem was basically ignored.
 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.
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 The wellness movement turned doomsday cult and terrorist group has been dealing with drug use since its earliest days. Zoov's disciples were advised to consume cannabis and cocaine to enter 'a propitious spiritual state', in this manner they could best receive the energy of the earth and absorb the teachings of Zoov. The group reportedly turned to harder drugs when it went underground such as inyecting heroine or cocaine laced with gunpowder, these drugs made the already fanatical members fight with great ferocity under delusions of invincibility. When the movement turned to using child suicide bombers against police targets, defectors of the group recount how Zoov instructed them to lie to the children by telling them that the cocaine they were being given would make their bodies strong enough to survive the explosions. The groups continued existence may be tied to its ability to self fund through the sale of drugs on a micro scale, small enough to go unnoticed by the government and other criminal groups.
 ===Bando Gora===
-Bando Gora are a gang operating in the areas of [[Varshan]] annexed by [[Daxia]]. The group operates labs in the jungle where they manufacture important quantities of crystal methamphetamine and smuggle it into settled areas of the [[Zanoma Regional Administration|ZRA]] and [[Varshan]] proper. The Bando Gora are notorious for worshipping the [[Orthodox Arzalism|Arzalist]] Death God, raids by authorities in the jungle have documented the discovery of shrines with human and animal skulls and people previously reported as missing have been found murdered in ritual fashion.
+Bando Gora are a gang operating in the areas of [[Varshan]] annexed by [[Daxia]]. The group operates labs in the jungle where they manufacture important quantities of crystal methamphetamine and smuggle it into settled areas of the [[Zanoma Regional Administration|ZRA]] and [[Varshan]] proper. The Bando Gora are notorious for worshipping the [[Orthodox Arzalism|Arzalist]] Death God, raids by authorities into the jungle have documented the discovery of shrines with human and animal skulls, bones and hair. People previously reported as missing have been found murdered in gruesome ritualized fashion. The group is considered especially dangerous as the region is flooded with weapons after the end of the war.
 ==Government involvement==
 ==Consumption==