The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-16

can be drunk and sober again several
times IN day In the Fen Country opium
taking IS common among Che agricultural
population Opium Is primarily used there
as preventive against ague. and some Of
the amounts consumed sound almost in
credible Chemists viii tell YOU of farm
ers who come I'm on market day and call
Tor tDtir wine glass 1ulL Of fauuaBIIu- and
drink IL UlmOVed- or course. this can
only DE done after many years Of harden
ing 10 the drug. Tor a very small portion
or such dose would XIII an. ordinary
man Among mldcie-class women an over
the country chlOrOdyCe takers ray be
found tulorodyne has sprung into popu-
iarIty OWNS TO the ease with which Il
can Dc obtained For most narcotics You
fn-=t have a. doctors prescription. but for
eh.orooE ue You need none. This habit Is
very expensive. though not nearly so
ElHen 80 as cocaine An average tCpeudI-
tGre OF lts week Is the most have been
able t9 come across by woman on cEC-O-
uyUe-
or morphia and choral there is little
need % sneak The list of morphi4 VIC
TINS il this country II d. could De given.
would De amazing MorphiI. like cocaine.
takes most hold Of The Cleverest people
Bur So long as these drugs 80 under
their own names their harm Is Co = GER
tain extent limited a great danger IS
when they are disguised by greedy sellers
as harmless preparations some delight
fUl French tOIics largely used by ladies
who would scOru whisky. and who look
ON brandy as IN ahumiuatIoD. are moth
HaLE "oItters, soothing SyruUS. and
S0UEE SyruUS. largely sold under fancy
nam. s. contain great proportions OF
opium rs UrSL Of all are many Sr-CalIed
cures for the drug habit" Some Of
these. il Is true. are quite harmless and
useless. powdered sugar being their most
considerable ingredient But others feed
tho habit they are supposed Co gu--- one
largely advertised cur Tor the whisky
and opium habits considered Of a. mix
ture OF whisky and opium The State
Health Board Of MaSSE CluS.IrS some
time ago analysed twenty samples of
these Socaiied cures" In every case but
one they contained murphia-
Tho cocaine habit inevitably means
death n prrS-vered in II the victim tries
TO conquer IL. him or herself failure is
the most likely result But by placing
himself under the absolute control Of a
stronger viii. cure can De had There is
one extraordinary fact for which I cen
give no explanation whatever IL is q
commonplace that while men drLnkardS
or confirmed luvhriate woman is very
rare But in drug--akiuC this is complete
lN reversed tt is very much easier lU re-
claim "a woman uarCOtISL than a man.
only once the habit is really established
cure comes seldom The, Sr,er-~t ex-
pert Of his time on this subject pr. Nor
man Kerr, once told me that he never
knew q confirmed mOrphiuomauiac OF
IS Eum he could really say THAI 81 perfect
cure had been accomplished For this
habit gets SO terrible hold on its VIC
tim that home and honor. wife and
friends. cen all 90 and reputation can
vanish i momeutary satisfaction can he
obtained.
Undoubtedly one great cause OF tEr
growth OF The drug habit has been ths
ed pellet medicines These have made
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