Who regarded the revenue collected from the Opium as 'tainted money'?

Who regarded the revenue collected from the Opium as 'tainted money'?
Fanidhar Chaliha

 The revenue collected from the opium trade was regarded as "tainted money" by many people, including:

• Mahatma Gandhi, who called it "the most iniquitous traffic that the world has ever known".
• Raja Rammohun Roy, a Bengali social reformer and thinker, who argued that the opium trade was "an evil of the greatest magnitude".
• William Wilberforce, a British politician and anti-slavery campaigner, who called for the abolition of the opium trade.
• John Stuart Mill, a British philosopher and economist, who argued that the opium trade was "a trade which no government ought to carry on".
• Theosophists, a religious movement that originated in India in the late 19th century, who believed that the opium trade was a form of "soul murder".

These are just a few of the many people who regarded the revenue collected from the opium trade as "tainted money". The opium trade was a major source of revenue for the British East India Company, and it was also a major source of addiction and misery in China. The people who opposed the opium trade argued that it was morally wrong to profit from the suffering of others.

The term "tainted money" in the context of revenue collected from the opium trade was famously associated with Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule, was a strong advocate for social and moral values. He viewed the revenue collected from the opium trade, which was controlled and taxed by the British colonial authorities, as "tainted money" because it came from an activity that had harmful consequences on society, particularly in terms of addiction and its impact on individuals and families.

Gandhi believed that the revenue generated from opium production and trade was tainted because it was derived from the suffering of those addicted to opium and went against his principles of non-violence and social reform. He actively campaigned against the opium trade and called for its prohibition. Gandhi's stance on opium and his advocacy for social and moral purity contributed to his broader philosophy of non-violence and his commitment to social justice.