The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Fearful Suffering When the In
sidjious Poison No Longer
Produces any Effect
OPIUM HABIT ON INCREASE;
SCIENCE OvERCOMtS DRUG

horse !eech are ever g ms
GIVE
The torture endured by such hapless
people is worse than death,
Tnay are dying. yet do not die
The, have reached the point where the
enj1in which once filed their minds with
.1chantine visions has no effect. The
shoie nervous system, WTecEed ana r"oN-
&: is torn Into a thousand shreda Chaos
,a'gns.. The body IS like a madhouse OF
confusion. The poison In quantity suifi-
lent to kill fifty men no longer stlmu-
ates The cold and clammy touch or
Death Is felt The faint beating of the
lcart presages dissolution. 1t seems
,o,Tt to cease It's pulsatons and the VIC
I'M seems sinking into the grave YET.
.spcadoa thus between lie and death,
. fingers in !pdescrihable agony
THIS is Drug Starvation.
n IS remarkable how much morpn'ne
~, be taken by a victim Of the drug. p
:arter grain is the usual and haii
.ain Is considered a large dose. 1t is
lrobabo that most persons who become
,-?s!aved BY this insidious drug begin
.,th even a smaller quantity and the
raount Is gradually increased until
.aougn IS required AZ one dose to XIII
f,t- or q hundred men who have never
ken Il faithfully.
There arc instances in which morphine
ictins required sixty grains day and 1t
: one Of The wonders of medical science
.ow such quantity of this deadly drug
an he taken without fatal results
How the Habit Is Formed.
\ gentleman connected with the DR..
Long Company gives instance Of
a14,. ,+,ooto man reoentlv cured of
4,.,o
me morphine H"p't' ""0 was
thirty grains day
How IS the morphine haO't usually
AoIIIleo' ne % ,.,s ,,.,,,,+ar+ior.
~ sotd "1r is rarely the case
49, man or woman. deliberately
begins the morphine habit am ~Qrry to
say the family physician is often re-
sDoneih,c Internationally. OF course 4
person he's an attack of muscular rheu-
matisrn we VIII say or an excruciat ting
ylsiration from neuralgia. A small guam
titz- OF morphine is administered From
an agony compare BILE to being drawn and
chartered the sufferer passes into dreamy
ecstacv. This is repeated and the system
comes to demand the dug in erin
creasfng quantities until the victim is
ready to hartar bodv and soul for the
Httla white noydcr''
ia safe who takes single grain. 1t
loys h11d on the will. it captures the
narvous svster, and makes prisoner the
moral sensibi]itles Like the great YAM
! ,,ra hat Of south America II fans the
elAeni7e Victim and llIls to slumber
while it sucks the ufe-blood Morphine
ecothe. h,+ to sIav Once started on the
downward road to DEGRADATION and death
tho yic+ip, cannot unaided retrace his
steps. A hand must be outstratched to
save him or he IS lost forever.
other Dangerous Drugs.
Morphine Is not the only drug that
6,ds ito victims though If Is the most
,,,,,o,.oi,,, ,,saa b,oa,,s. its effects ara tho
80 a. ''-,r o.9 49, ~.
sioN,'ii"s eIio' 20 S'''' 49,
e'@'i9 '''N7H ~ '!'0 ''.' '''iis CIV Wv
mSpooe'lil'S i"Iec'io' - '''o IA 81 no
nethod. =. 49,.
~, -.a ~ ~. ,.-ra,.s
* 'l'~ - '''g
~ -, g.,
!" ''',' - 80 ~
~ i''' 'i5 -"
~ ~, i'''i - '''1 n'.V''N az"
ne 'ii'N' 7'iiNilE "'''is - 'ii'a sVi
'@' ''a 49, u''''-' ~ u.s. 1''oii ;"
| O'N'''N ii''i0 ''ie -'"''i"gi ~ "e''0i
- 80 - a. '~'' - ~ f''iN' ~ "'i ~
N1d lhuuce steep KNOW OF men WHO
! are me slaves OF some OF iheSe pFHpata-
'4ohs. lHe| get ""ffied over business
matters anu oe@ih tHeH use ana ma
700 iaie mat lneE cannot IeaNe them on
Inc man VINO taxes drug TO lndUce
SiesQ IS on very dangerous ground. lje
IS Playing with edged tools When trou-
oleu WIN insomnia IL Is peter TO hght
II out then ana there than to NEEDLE
with lnsldlous poisons. The risk is too
great and the consequences too awful"
Drug Habit Increasing.
The number Of persons addicted TO the
! drug habit Is increasing In their endeavor
| to escape present suffering many th0us-
ands begin the use Of an Opiate not real
izing It's terrible effects and It's over
mastering power 1t is like seeking safe
" in the deadly coils Of the python the
great crock snake" the terror of the in
habitants OF India The little python lust
/ out Of the egg is harmless SO seems the
tiny bit of morphine which the sufferer