Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hello everyone, welcome to Taiwan Bar Today let’s talk a little about facts that nobody knows or maybe somebody knows trivia of opium Let’s begin Opium is not slices of ducks* ( Opium is called “Ya Pien” in Chinese; “Ya” pronounced the same as “Duck” while “Pien” means “Slice”) It is an all-in-one product abstracted from Papaver somniferum It can be used as anesthesia for medical purposes but long-term overdosing can cause hallucination Making people think they are Lucy and turn into a flash drive in the end What the__ Forbidding the use of opium had slowly become an international trend during Japanese rule The use of opium was strictly prohibited in Japan as well However when it comes to Taiwan Japan discussed over and over about whether they should strictly restrict, gradually restrict or leave the problem alone? Goto Shinpei, who was the Minister of public health of Home Ministry at that time received attention by his “slow weaning prohibition” Goto Shinpei got the chance to go hand in hand, heart to heart with Kodama Gentaro They fought together for Taiwan’s future Governor-General monopolized opium trade to control number of addicts which means they need permits given by doctors in order to buy opium As time goes by the number of addicts dropped However, the average amount of opium consumption per person increased This made people doubt the Governor General’s determination of prohibiting opium Aside from the fact that slow weaning prohibition had higher practicability than comprehensive prohibition the main concern was financial So the prohibition went on and off all the way till 1929 Governor General decided to increase the issue of permits This made Taiwanese intellectuals so furious that they clench their fists and reported the act to the League of Nations saying that Japan was evil and the policy was drugging Taiwan drrrrrugging Later on Governor General wanted to stop people’s protest and try to promote the policy So they invited the author of “General History of Taiwan” the father’s father’s father of Lien Sheng-wen, Lian Heng Hey Umm… Buchi What? The election is close This topic is unmentionable Can you help me pixelate it? Sure They asked Lian Heng to write an article that worth 5 hundred Japanese Yen “New Opium Policy Advocacy” 500 Yen was a number that a school teacher couldn't even earn a year “New Opium Policy Advocacy” not only praised opium but also defended the new policy That's why Lian Heng ended up being despised by most Taiwanese and had to flee to mainland for the greater good. So sad After the chatty talk the use of opium issue is still unsolved Under the pressure of public opinion The Governor General who now have enough money finally started to rectify the use of opium in which we mustn’t forget to mention the first Doctor of Medical Science in Taiwan The Marvelous Ming, Mr. Tu Tsung Ming He founded the Opium Rehab in 1930 More than a decade of hard work The opium monopoly finally ended in 1945 A year later the last opium addict was out of rehab which marked the end of the vise that lasted for more than 300 years Moreover, urinalysis on drug use developed by Mr. Tu is still being used by the world today Now you know why drug addicts have to pee in a cup Ahem Looking back on the whole story, we can find that the development of opium policies had a specific target they are going after or had entanglements on profits making the problem very complicated Maybe we shouldn't judge it simply by agreeing that taking drugs is bad bad arresting addicts is good good Rather, we should consider that when government implement policies do they have any factors other than right or wrong that they have to consider? Last but not least, travel back in time how would you deal with the situation? The story ends here today See ya
B2 opium taiwan prohibition governor policy general 小單元-『鴉片』臺灣吧 第0.5集 Taiwan Bar EP0.5 Opium 118 10 Sayking Wusay posted on 2016/06/16 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary