non-voting rights British Subjects mainly Chinese were drugged by their British governor, how sad!
A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF OPIUM ADDICTION
What sort of people become opium addicts? With the exception of a few Indians, all the opium addicts have been Chinese. Among these, the greater number are Hokkiens, Teochews and Cantonese. Their ages range from the twenties to the sixties and seventies, the greater number being in the 45-55 age group. Many of them have been born in China and have taken up opium smoking after coming to Singapore.
By occupation they include labourers, stevedores, tongkang men, trishaw riders, hawker, masons, factory hands and a host of others. As to their mode of taking the drug, the chronic opium addicts are smokers by choice and resort to swallowing only through necessity. They start by smoking prepared opium (chandu). If they are unable to visit a den they take to swallowing. When they are unable to afford smoking they will swallow at first prepared opium. Most smokers smoke one or two packets two or three times a day. The average number of packets smoked is 3.4 per person per day. When they become poorer they resort to taking dross, either by smoking or by swallowing. The poorest of all take second dross - i.e., what remains when dross is smoked. This is known as Sam Cheng (Teochew) or Sam Char (Cantonese).
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1958-01-01_4_page003.html
A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF OPIUM ADDICTION
What sort of people become opium addicts? With the exception of a few Indians, all the opium addicts have been Chinese. Among these, the greater number are Hokkiens, Teochews and Cantonese. Their ages range from the twenties to the sixties and seventies, the greater number being in the 45-55 age group. Many of them have been born in China and have taken up opium smoking after coming to Singapore.
By occupation they include labourers, stevedores, tongkang men, trishaw riders, hawker, masons, factory hands and a host of others. As to their mode of taking the drug, the chronic opium addicts are smokers by choice and resort to swallowing only through necessity. They start by smoking prepared opium (chandu). If they are unable to visit a den they take to swallowing. When they are unable to afford smoking they will swallow at first prepared opium. Most smokers smoke one or two packets two or three times a day. The average number of packets smoked is 3.4 per person per day. When they become poorer they resort to taking dross, either by smoking or by swallowing. The poorest of all take second dross - i.e., what remains when dross is smoked. This is known as Sam Cheng (Teochew) or Sam Char (Cantonese).
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1958-01-01_4_page003.html
