[Zhang Fei]

The even more centralized earlier government by the Qing dogs was unsuccessful at ridding China of the problem without the full support of the people. How China got rid of opium

That's sugar-coated pablum for Western observers. In reality, the Communists shot opium cultivators, dealers and addicts.

[familyop]

That’s what peasants eventually do to end a growing drug trade regardless of form of government. It can be done with or without order.