The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-28
.EHsrts Being Made in Illinois to
Check the Evil.


Affected.
Alarmed hy the rapid spread of the
cocaine habit in Chicago and the at
tendant de,aoralizing consequences,
druggists af the city, allied with others
from over the state, have begun con-
eerted movement against the promiscu-
Gus sale of the drug. The legitimate
dealers areunanimously of the opinion
that Legislative action is necessary to
regulate tie present recklessldistribu-
tion Of cocaine, and the matter received
no little attention at the recent
meeting of the Illinois Pherma-
ceuticaI association at Jacksonville. A
resolution was passed which fayors
transferring the present law govern
ing the matter from the civil to the
pharmaceutical code. In this way, says
the Chicago Tribune, it is believed the
sale of cocaine by interruptions deal
ers could be better regulated and the
evils resulting from a too general use
of the drug reduced to minimum.
One of the leaders of the movement
looking to legislation for the curbing
of the traffic is Walter 81. Gale. OF Chi
eago, president Of the state associs-
tion.
ST do not pretend to be conversant
with the details of the trade" says Mr..
Gale. Reputable pharmacists do not
engage in it. But we all know that
there are many disgraces to the profess
sion who make large profit thereby.
The evil results are enormous, espe-
cially in the caae of cocaine, which il
the most deadly of all these drugs.
1T is true that there is a law on
the statute book prohibiting the sale
except on prescription, but it is inef-
fective. Druggists who know their
customers have nothing to fear. If
questioned it is easy for them to say
that they sold the stuff on prescrip-
| tion, which prescription they have not
preserved It is probably impossible
| actually to eliminate the evil by legis-
| lation, but something can be done to
curb it. Ny idea Is to procure the pas
sage of law something like that in
| force in Pennsylvania According to
it, it is an offense to sell deleterious
drugs to any one known to be addicted
to their use, 'fends,' in fact. Further
more, any friend or even acquaintance
of the fiend, can notify the drug stores
in the locality, and if the druggists
persist in selling to the fiend, on pre-
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