Heroin wars. 2, Smack city

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Filmed over a 30 year period, this 3 part videoseries examines the burgeoning opium trade from Burma. This episode moves to Hong Kong, which has been the drug capital of South-East Asia for a centu...

Filmed over a 30 year period, this 3 part videoseries examines the burgeoning opium trade from Burma. This episode moves to Hong Kong, which has been the drug capital of South-East Asia for a century. In Hong Kong opium was sold under a government licence until the end of WWII when Britain enforced the UN treaty against narcotics. In the 1960's Hong Kong's suppliers and addicts switched from the relatively innocuous opium to the more addictive heroin because it was easier to smuggle and consume. This film follows the fortunes of one gang which controlled the selling of heroin on one street corner and also follows the Hong Kong police as they raid heroin factories and distribution centers in what appears to be a futile struggle.

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