Opiumregie

*Opiumregie*
	; Central Opium processing factory, c. 1935. There are Media related to Batavia Opium Factory at Wikimedia Commons.
Agency overview
Formed	1893
Preceding agencies	• Amfioensocietëit; • Amfioen Directie; • Opiumpacht;
Dissolved	1942 (Japanese invasion)
Jurisdiction	Dutch East Indies
Headquarters	Batavia, Java
Minister responsible	Netherlands Minister of Finance (after 1934);
Agency executives	Hendrik Johannes Hooghwinkel, Chief of the Opiumregie; Arie Arend de Jongh, Chief of the Opiumregie; Willem Gideon van Wettum, Chief Inspector of the Opiumregie; Dr. C. Ph. C.E. Steinmetz, Chief of the Opiumregie; P. de Booy, Chief of the Opium-en-zoutregie;
Parent department	Office for Opium Affairs (dienst der opium aangelegenheden); Netherlands Colonies Office;
Child agencies	Opium police force; Opium naval police;

The Opiumregie (incorrectly translated as the Opium Regime), also known in some official international documentation as the Opium Monopoly of the Dutch East Indies, was a colonial state government agency of market intervention responsible for the management, distribution, importation, and production of opium, and the enforcement of laws related to opium, in the Dutch East Indies. In simplest terms, as a monopoly, the Opiumregie made and sold opium, but also made sure that no one else could sell opium in the Dutch East Indies. The Opiumregie was one of three government monopolies the Dutch government of the Netherlands held in the Dutch East Indies at this time, the other two being in the areas of salt and pawnbrokerage.