Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-02
A Drug Worse Than Opium
How 1t Affects Its Victims Who Rarely Escape
Its Thrall


best authorities agree that the steady
user of COCAINE will be in the insane
asylum within 10 years from the
time the habit is formed. When ap-
parent exceptions to this rule are
found such exceptions come from
the cases where the victim gives up
the habit at intervals, thereby Great
ing recruiting strength.
When death comes directly from
cocaine the usual nal cause SEEMS
to be failure of the heart The ex-
act action of the drug on this ergar,
il still unknown, but it is supposed
to act directly upon the heart mus
Gle In most. cases, however, the
end does not come directly from CO.
caine. The weakened forces grow
gradually more and more feeble, lay
themselves open to any disease whlca
may appear, and illness comes, the
lowered vitality of the habitue soon
bringing life to close.
re varying stimulus from the sub
stance experienced by different peo-
pie is most marked and creates an
other source of danger, since dose
which makes one man reel will
scarcely affect another This dis
turbance of equilibrium has common
ly been noted in the disease A dog
receiving sufficient dose runs
around in circles until the effect has
! passed, while men reel from side TO
side.
There are two ways in which the
habit seems 10 spread. First comes
the weak and foolish seeker Of new
sensation who spreads the habit by
ond we find catarrh powder which
contains cocaine Here is the point
of greatest danger among JUS. Vastly
more cocaine here in the form OF
these powders than has ever been
sold in the form of the straight COM
pound. 1t is toward the removal
| of the danger existing in these medi-
cines as well as toward the peril
/ 'iOhl si1C VI US ltSCil lIdJ lCSlSldLlOIl
| has been directed. These powders
are commonly sold by advertisement
or personal advice of the drug clerk.
The second method is a. most dan
gerous one. when some young clerk
acting as irresponsible prescriber as
well as dispenser receives the casu-
al inquiry of the stranger What am |
to do for my catarrh?" and gives him
response some pronr'ntnrv med. &c
which for any one of q dozen rea-
sons may be the most convenient.
Unfortunately use doth breed a hab-
it in us ALL The innocent purchas-
er receiving the sensation renews it
again and again. and ignorant OF tha
i downward path before him gradually
tails into the habit Proximity here
| as elsewhere proves a source of peril.
/ No small number of cases are of the
handlers of drugs, the drug clerks.
A general review of the situation
as regards cocaine in this section
has revealed the following conditions
But little straight cocaine is used
The catarrh powders containing the
drug are chiefly taken in its place.
They are only partially composed Of
the stimulant and in consequence
the dreadful effects which come
from the straight drug are slower in
coming on and produce fewer con-
firmed victims of the habit. Beyond
doubt, many cocaine users are
wholly ignorant of the fact that they
are taking the poison indeed many
would Indignantly repel any charge
that their favorite catarrh cure was
not highly beneficial.