The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-16
THE COCAINE HABIT.
The Most subtle and Destructive
Form OF Drunkenne~~.

Form OF DrunkeaRe~~.
Cocaine injection has firmly established
itself in London, not among the common
people. but among the cIev=rest men and
women IL can be- carried ON SO S-crete.y
that for a time even the nearest friends
Of the Gruukard have no suspicion OF d.
IL has none Of the responsiveness Of grdl-
nary iur0xicatlUu- Doctors are its cnlef
victims writers and politicians come next
and the more artistic the temperature Jle
greater the peril This new habit presents
Cocaine injection is without question:
the most dangerous and subtle form OF
iu. briefly known Compared with IT, eyel
uorphi11maula Is comparatively harm
less II grows on one Nth amazing I'd
pidity. and gives little OF no warming of
the harm it is doing until the evil Is ae-
comQIishvd almost beyond recall With
most narcotics You have guicS Vresage OF
coming evil Lee the average man inject
a dose Of morphia and Ee VIII find The
temporary ease followed h- eNcrG~iatias
headache. 10y raw nerves and Hy fear
some depression ~ spirits But with the
cocaine III first there is none OF this You
feel young and vigorous again Pain is
dvadeued- The things that troubled YOU
seem swept out Of your life. You nave a
sense Of seIf-saJisfac,iau. OF buov11cy, Of
ease. and or pleasure. ia the norma. man
cor woman there Is often al Lr~I lu great
reaction. although I'm ghis. ass Iu every
nerve poison. the effects differ according
To- individual temperament
Eul the pleasure passes on very quick
~ even more quickly than with UDlTm.
and the victim IS almost Inevitably driven
10 renew the injection IN many cases
from twelve 20 twenty doses are before
long taken I'm "a single day. This costs
money Cocaine lElrecLluIate- Il- tH.m
Of drug used for this purpose. IS very
expensive. Wholesale d costs - shiIlilgs
an ounce. and retaIls usually al about
three times is much la one known case
a man spends as much as 10 ~hILIugS a
day Oh his cocaine
The first harmful result seen Is often
enough not physical. bUJ moral CO.
Caluc. even more than morphId. destroys
the moral sense. This Is no Gglre OF
speech. but q plain statement Of an Oh
served and undenlahle fact The cocaine
urud does not become EiplvEJ OF brutal
ON the contrary ne seems more gentle
and more refined than ever before Ills
artistlcs perceptions are In every way
qUickcutd- But though he has hitherto
been scruDUlOUSly honest. he will now
often steal without shame He often
seems To- forget the meaning or truth Il
Is Yet Il moot point with psychologists
how and why tins destruction OF the
moral sense Is accomplished EuL hat lL
is accomplished admits OF no denial
Many Of the cases OF kieptomauIa which
excite 80 much sUrprISnr and many OF the
UHaCcOUutablc crimes among Wtll-tU-dO
people. are solely due 90 this As one
chemist put il somewhat h!Uuty 10 me-
When "a person comes IN here ana asks
for cocaine OF mOrphla or choral. ]. OK
course. uii ID the doctor = prescription
This is my business. EG- I take care 70
keen a close eve ON that customers FIN
=, r. an the time she is I'm the shop The
cocaine f5ud VIII sJvaE anything If she
thinks she can do II uuOhsvrved. IF YOU
let her gcr into your debt she Will never
pay you. Among my regular Gust uucrs
some come with a story that they have
left their purses behind, OF something like
that. and wish me To trust them. 1 never
DO that with cocaine or choral taker
now ] hay. been bitten too often. Every
other chemist will tell YOU the same"
This is only the beginning The moral
effects are after a time followed 10y very
decided physical ones First comes indie
scrIhaEly depression Of spirits, SlegplsSS-
ness. distaSte for food This Is often
rUDuEh followed by complete mental
breakdown, sometimes by suicide 50
much has the habit gruWu that now in
du-JrL has spruce up IN England during
the past few years Tho establishment Of
homes Tor WCll-tU-tr anarchists These
homes are not usually registered under
any act Many OF them do not advertise
but are supplied with patients by their
private connection Of doctors Others adj
Nertise as regularly IN medical papers as
great hotels do i'm ordinary organs
The cocaine habit has NOT reached the
common people. ! doubt Do On AN lhe long
rfSr nf victims IN England Won win md
"a single mechanic OF working womau
70 is people 10 whom ordinary drunken
ness Is repulsiye that naTCuLIsm appeals
iu tho most subtle way A few doses OF
cocaine enable the busy society woman %
get through her season III right. and she
can maintain this habit often enough tor
months together without even those near
est her knowing f.
cocaine injection is NOT the only nor the
most uuUUlat- form 90 EarCUtsm III TINS
country In great districts In ID" north Of
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