On the Opium Planting and Its Damage in Wenshan Prefecture during the Period of Republic of China

In the period of Republic of China,Tang Jirao and Long Yun,as administers,took some measures to suppress opium planting and transportation.The measures are as follows: imposing tax on opium planting,trading,selling,and smoking,and imposing fine or tax per mu for opium planting.However,such measures imperceptibly took the ban on opium planting and trade as a kind of encouragement,which greatly broke the ban.Opium overflew in Wenshan district.People were severely affected by opium,but all those measures existing as a form of official document.