THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIUM

THE
TRUTH ABOUT OPIUM.

BEING A

REFUTATION OF THE FALLACIES
OF THE ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY AND A DEFENCE
OF THE INDO-CHINA OPIUM TRADE.

BY
WILLIAM H. BRERETON,
LATE OF HONG KONG.

“Let truth and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put
to the worse in a free and open encounter?”—John Milton.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE.
PUBLISHERS TO THE INDIA OFFICE.

1883.