By the end of the war, won by Britain, it was not only impossible to ban opium, but its use had become even more rampant. Eventually China began to produce opium itself, until it became far and away the leading producer and consumer of opium in the world--the "Opium Kingdom."
戰敗後，鴉片不但無法禁絕，反倒更加泛濫，最後逼得中國自己生產鴉片，成為全球產量、消費量都遙遙領先的「鴉片王國」。