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Opium smoking was a problem particularly rampant in East and Southeast Asia. It was recognized by the beginning of the twentieth century that both trafficking in opium and the use of it had to be controlled. The League’s Covenant accepted the responsibility of opium control, which led to the establishment of the Opium Advisory Committee (OAC). This chapter examines the changes brought about by the OAC, which functioned as a forum. The OAC began collecting and analysing information on opium, not only in the home countries but also in the colonies. Various facts, which had previously been discussed only within each empire and only among limited number of experts, came to be widely known. Empires in the region had to change their policies on opium. |
