The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-21

who viii get so fa- before long that
they cannot do without it.
'CuCeiS Why. certainly. blgt il cost
me \ lot Of money. or rather. my
friends, for I had none TO snare that
way, and no particular desire to stop
using the drug-T was forced into il
by men who had greater regard for
MY future than !. How did I beginS
The way every one does. l suffered
considerable from catarrh in the head.
a per cent solution Of cocaine was
prescribed and began it. The first
two Or three times il was not as allur-
ing ss had expected. but it was not
}ong before the pleasant dreams came.
and, without knowing it, became .
victim
i can see men on the street here ev-
e-y day who are gradually hut surely
working their way 20 3 point where
cocaine viii De IS necessary TO them
rs the air they breathe. They viii find
that they cannot sleep without first
taking il. and then they viii take il
azain If they chance 10 wake up in
the night Il gives these poor devils
an idea that they are strong and they
trv % perform what prove 10 be impos-
sihle tasks,
7 never see one Of those poor devils
hui what I feel Sorry for them. And
Tor TWO reasons. First. because while
they are SnU1lns up their TWO per cent
solution. they are blowing out their
brains. And, secondly. because while
they are doing this they imagine no
one knows ii.
That man Just pointed out 10 you
thinks his secret Is hidden in his own
. breast. and that no one can detect the
habit, but he Is wrong Any man who
. has ever used cocaine knows what il
. :. and the sfecgS Of II He knows by
. The expression on ; mans face wheth-
e OF not he uses Il, In San Francisco
( cocaine has taken The place Of NOR
F phine. though I believe the former Is
I the mere dangerous a the two. be
( cause i affects the brain.
In Chicago. its use became 50 gen
I s-2l among Young men and factory
I girls that 3 city ordinance was passed
Z prohibiting the sale OF Il Then an en-
I terp-iSing bur unprincjQleG druggist
I began The manufacture a g snuff which
Z -skeS its place. and hundreds OF people
/ use II and help him 10 make 5 fortune
{ By the way. shutting Is : tavori,e way
I Of using The stuff. because il Is not as
I apr 70 show on 8 man as by the use
{ Of s hypo. You might see 3 man SNUFF
I : solution 3 dozen times and think
! nothing Of IL bur i YOU should see him
sep % one side and take 3 shot with
3 syringe yOu would suspect a. once
I that he Is fend- The people here
/ snuff ir-nore Of them use : syringe
for The very reason thar they want q
{ keep their habit from the knowledge OF
. their families CT friends.
''Wh2- would 7 recommend Why
I that moral SUaSio2 BE used on the VIC
Tins and : rigid law by the Govern
-en- prohibiting the sale Of the druE
. except on The prescription o. : physi-
cizn. and 81 additional law which
would forbid that prescription being
-sS.,ei- When opium was sold under
3 license II Honolulu natives became
addicted 70 IL and I don't know many
who save II I'd. Cocaine Is quite IS
pleasant 70 The Ee-E a opium. and
3 there : nothing n the way Of their Be
coming addicted 70 IT. These habits
spread like 6 plague. hut not 50 nap
s6ly- Once 3 man OF woman gets sG-
55cts5 70 II there Is trouble ahead He
VII not realize his danger, and vii
never admit thar he cannot stop l.
II his respect i : like the Use OF
4 liquor. few people VIII admit LhsT they
I cannon drink O. not IS they choose
bur The records OF 2 local liquor habit
hospital prove that nearly 10 OF theSs
stop ---hsy-wz1r-To' fellows over
sS-51zce5 their abilities, Il took ms
g yea- 70 stop he use OF cocaine. and
I have not touched il for i've years
7 have 10 desire for i. and feel So-ry
when 7 - : nan Of intelligence fall
Ing into he tap