No you didn't.
There is absolutely nothing there about the problem the Brits had as a result of their widespread opium addictions, and what happened to India as a result of the Brits expanding opium production there.
All you "proved" with your hasty number gathering was prove what i said about Cocaine in the early days. Not too many people knew about it.
But, after it became illegal, and despite the explosion of it's popularity, the "war on drugs" managed to keep it's use under control, unlike what it would have been like if it were legal, which would be as widespead as opium use was in the UK in 1800 through to 1900.
By the middle of the nineteenth century hundreds of opium based potions, pill, and patent medicines were available to the general public. Among the most famous preparations were Dover’s Powders, initially marketed as a cure for gout; Godfey’s Cordial which was sold as a “soother” for crying babies; and laudanum, a tincture of opium in alcohol, which was both easily made and readily available.
It was epidemic. Even worse was what it did to India.
Why should we give Britain's experience more credence than America's?
All you "proved" with your hasty number gathering was prove what i said about Cocaine in the early days. Not too many people knew about it.
Garbage. Cocaine was in coca-cola, and several preparations were freely advertised. Anyone who wanted it could get it, same as today.
But, after it became illegal, and despite the explosion of it's popularity, the "war on drugs" managed to keep it's use under control, unlike what it would have been like if it were legal, which would be as widespead as opium use was in the UK in 1800 through to 1900.
Now THAT'S a persuasive argument. Over the course of 100 years of prohibition, addiction only tripled, so it's working. Only a Drug Warrior would make such an argument.