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Undoubtedly in addition to the enormous profits derived from the drug trade both legal and illegal, there are other considerations to take into account. The governmental pursuit of the creation of new, fresh horrors to control or break the minds and will of its people may be behind the legal status of addictive substances. Already the government has instrumentalized the use of opiates through its [[Xisheng Office of Contentment]] to enact the wholesale sedation of unruly populations in [[Varshan|League-occupied Varshan]], to great success. | Undoubtedly in addition to the enormous profits derived from the drug trade both legal and illegal, there are other considerations to take into account. The governmental pursuit of the creation of new, fresh horrors to control or break the minds and will of its people may be behind the legal status of addictive substances. Already the government has instrumentalized the use of opiates through its [[Xisheng Office of Contentment]] to enact the wholesale sedation of unruly populations in [[Varshan|League-occupied Varshan]], to great success. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The status of drug use in [[Corumm]] has had many shifts in the last century or so. Use of recreative opioids was very common and legal during the late Qian period, with the [[Hongli]] emperor reportedly consuming them to counteract his frequent mental breakdowns during the [[Second Great War|war]]. The military governments that followed the monarchy tried hard to squash 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 or sent to mental asylums. 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 status of drug use in [[Corumm]] has had many shifts in the last century or so. Use of recreative opioids was very common and legal during the late Qian period, with the [[Hongli]] emperor reportedly consuming them to counteract his frequent mental breakdowns during the [[Second Great War|war]]. The military governments that followed the monarchy tried hard to squash 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 or sent to mental asylums. 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 Corummese Democrats|PCD]] brought a change in the approach to the drug problem. The new government saw drug use as an insidious tool to increase its grip on the population. The new and now ideologically motivated intelligence apparatus infiltrated groups like the National Opium Syndicate, but instead of being destroyed they were coopted and put in service of government aims. The crime bosses now had government minders. | The arrival of the [[Party of Corummese Democrats|PCD]] brought a change in the approach to the drug problem. The new government saw drug use as an insidious tool to increase its grip on the population. The new and now ideologically motivated intelligence apparatus infiltrated groups like the National Opium Syndicate, but instead of being destroyed they were coopted and put in service of government aims. The crime bosses now had government minders and quotas to fill. | ||
==Manufacture== | ==Manufacture== | ||
===Opium=== | === Opium=== | ||
===Crystal methamphetamine=== | ===Crystal methamphetamine=== | ||
===Captagon=== | ===Captagon=== | ||
==Trafficking== | ==Trafficking== | ||
===Criminal groups=== | ===Criminal groups=== | ||
====National Opium Syndicate==== | |||
[[File:Zhenli ye gon.png|thumb|Zhenli Ye Gon, rumored boss of the National Opium Syndicate]] | |||
One of Corumm's oldest criminal organizations, the Syndicate is rumored to be the direct successor of the group that provided opium to the imperial court. It survived the military crackdowns albeit with its structure much changed by the ordeal of government sponsored bloodletting. From a pyramidal, highly hierarchichal structure, nowadays the group operates horizontally, being made up of many semi-autonomous territorial cells that each have an assigned province to operate in. The syndicate is rumored to be engaged solely in transportation and street level sales of opioids within the Corummese mainland and neighboring countries, with production shifted to other entities. Security experts believe a man named Zhenli Ye Gon to be the top leader of the organization, its 'Director'. If he has any actual operational control or is only a puppet that follows directives from the government cannot be ascertained. Zhenli Ye Gon has led the organization since the mid 1990's after carrying out a palace coup against the previous leadership. | |||
===Government involvement=== | ===Government involvement=== | ||
==Consumption== | ==Consumption== | ||
===Inside Corumm=== | ===Inside Corumm=== | ||
===International markets=== | ===International markets=== | ||
[[Category:Corumm]] | [[Category:Corumm]] | ||
[[Category:Drugs]] | [[Category:Drugs]] | ||
[[Category:Crime]] | [[Category:Crime]] | ||