The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-11-25

DRUG HABIT IS SPREADING
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Engliah society h becoming sssioss.
u exercised about the habit 81 taking
drugs. which appears to - SPREADING
more rapidly than ever. judging from
some Of the correspondence which q
appearing on the subject. What was
ut one time the vice Of the few b D.
clared now TO be the practise Of
many--worried business men. profss-
rional men. 'cursed with brain fag."
faded society women and all the
other victims Of the killing rush of
modern life.
A case Ii narrated In n. A. p. OF
hospital nurse who recently applied
for relief NJ an inebriates' home. con-
Tossing that she had not been really
sober--that Ii to say. more or less I'M
der the influence Of stimulant--for six
years. A spell Of unusually heavy
work had driven her to cocaine. Her
holiday. which ought to have fol-
lowed Immediately, had to be post
poned for some reason connected with
the hospital work. and she continued
taking cocaine until when relief came
At last she found herself unable to
give up her daily allowance Of the
drug. Sometimes she took brandy to
relieve her craving for the drug. but
always she returned. Al In every
other case. the gradual sapping away
Of the will power weakened her ef-
forts to break the habit. and In the
end her friends had to take the most
drastic measures to force her into m
inebriates' home. Here the habit was
successfully broken after an agonis-
ing painful cure"
One woman who led q very busy 90
clal life used to take regularly . mix
trne Of choral. sal-volatile. brandy
and soda. while another dosed herself
with = mixture Of sal-volatile and red
lavender.
Another extraordinary case was
heard Of recently. Three specialists
had been called In to examine . WON.
m. and though all three agreed that
she was suffering from overstimular
tion they were utterly unable TO dis
cover the cause II her symptoms. The
mystery was not sovled until some
one happened to mention that the
woman kept bottle Of sulphate Of
Quinine In her boudoir. She then con-
iessed that she was simply suffering
from excessive doses Of Quinine.
The stage. literature and art each
contribute . large number TO the vic
tins Of the drug and alcohol habits.
Rscently . once famous artist was
found sleeping on the embankment.
having falls nthrough, every stage q
dspsavity from occasional Indulgence
II mh0rphia TO sheer mania for alco
hol
Many men and women connected
with the stage have fallen victims
10 the craving for stimulants. always
with disastrous results to their pro
fessioaal regulations. One actrssa.
for whon the critics had prOphecisd
> brilliant career. commenced taking
m0rphia during nervous crisls. She
was delighted with the immediate ben.
1t she derived from the drug. and ussd
Il again and again. Before she or any
one else had realized what was hap
pening. the unfortunate woman had
become = morphine-mantAc. She mot
only made no,prosress in her art. but
her acting WAS dsRssioratins rapidly.
Before the end came Il had become
Impossible for her to obtain m en.
Eagement. 40 manager could d.
pend on her coming TO the theatsr.
and when she did nut In A appear.
ance II was only charitable TO Do
scribe her acting ~ Srralic. She b.
came 10 reckless In bar craving for
stimnlsnts that she drank eau De 60
logne. Florida water or anything else
Of m alcoholic natur~ In this casas.
II any rate, death came - . merciful
release. -