Drug trade in Daxia: Difference between revisions

===Captagon===

Captagon is the commercial name for the drug compound fenethylline hydrochloride, the drug comes in two presentations, a pill or in powder form. This drug is known to have a powerful stimulating effect on the nervous system and was originally designed to treat depression, ADHD and narcolepsy. Other effects include boosting alertness, concentration and energy levels of a person allowing them to work for longer periods of time without resting, it can also stave off hunger. Production and commercialization of captagon is the exclusive right of the pharmaceutical giant Opdo, sole holders of the drug patent. Opdo supplies the Daxian government with captagon at cost, which is then given to prison inmates doing hard labor and to soldiers in active battlefronts to boost their combat alertness. Some side effects include sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, heart problems and hallucinations. Opdo's main captagon laboratories and industrial chemical plants are located in the eastern city of [[Khov]], relatively close to the border with [[Rusana]] which is a big market for the drug. Opdo manufactured captagon pills have been making their way to [[Crona]] for several years now via a variety of means, the company denies any responsibility and points that the use or abuse of its product is the sole responsibility of the buyer. [[Daxia]] has negotiated an exemption on the production of the banned fenethylline compound with the [[League of Nations]] on behalf of Opdo. Fenethylline was banned in most countries in 1992 after it was blacklisted by the League's Convention on Narcotics. Opdo is currently in litigation against several countries on international tribunals due to its production of Captagon.

[[File:Zhenli ye gon.png|thumb|Zhenli Ye Gon, rumored boss of the National Opium Syndicate]]

One of Daxia's oldest criminal organizations, the Syndicate is rumored to be the group that provided opium to the imperial court during the time of the Qian dynasty and is believed to have existed in some form or another since at least the mid Zhong dynasty period. It reinvented itself from a supplier of drugs solely for the royal elites into a group that sold to all social strata and to foreign markets too. It survived the military crackdowns of [[Qiu Heng]] and his successors in the military regime albeit with its structure much changed by the ordeal of government sponsored bloodletting. From a pyramidal, highly hierarchichal structure, nowadays the group operates with a more flat organizational chart, being made up of many semi-autonomous territorial cells that each have an assigned province to operate in; government contacts and transport fleets are shared by the cells. The syndicate is rumored to be engaged solely in transportation and street level sales of opioids within the Audonian mainland and the southern Cathay, with production shifted to other entities. Security experts believe a man named Zhenli Ye Gon to be the top leader of the organization, its 'General 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 during which older bosses died in a string of car bomb explosions.

The Cao Trade Consortium was the alleged name of a drug cartel operating on the island of [[Cao]]. The group had strong ties with the local political and military elites and was purportedly protected by them. The consortium sourced their cocaine from the semi autonomous statelet of [[Chimoche]] where they had arrangements with the royal court to grow and process the coca plant. The cocaine was smuggled and sold in various parts of [[Cusinaut]]. After repeated complaints by [[Urcea]]n authorities, six batallions of [[Bureau of State Protection|BSP]] agents descended on the island and proceeded to dismantle the consortium over a period of two months. In addition to consortium associates, some three hundred members of the police and the local party nomenklatura (including the entire presidium) were fired and arrested as accomplices to a criminal conspiracy. The fall of the consortium was also accelerated by complaints by the [[Xisheng Office of Contentment]] as some of the raw materials used by them were being diverted by [[Chimoche]] to the consortium.

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.

==Consumption==

*{{flag|Aciria}}: Daxian narcotics suppliers have long standing business ties with Acirian criminal organizations such as the [[Freed Men]]. [[Aciria]] is the main gateway for Daxian drugs into [[Sarpedon]], a very large market and important part of the Daxian mafia's geographic diversification strategy.

*{{flag|Chimoche}}:The Autonomy of [[Chimoche]] is an important producer of the coca plant, their religious rituals make use of the coca leaf. The government of [[Daxia]] secured an exemption on religious grounds for [[Chimoche]]'s production of coca from the [[League of Nations]] narcotics convention during the mandate of [[Shang Tsung]], for which the latter was widely criticised for corrupt practices. A general assembly draft to revoke the exemption did not pass due to the inclusion of a suspected poison pill amendment submitted by the delegation of [[Canpei]].