Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-14
THE DYSPEPTIC
ORDERS MEAL
DRUG HAEi1 II A LOCAL MEN
ACE 10 THE POLICE.
CHANGES EXPRESSIONS
Use Is Not Confined 10 Lower Glasses
The Rushing Age One Cause
Of Popularity"

ice station v no are under the inilu-
cnge Of son,n drug such cocaine
morphine or cpium. What has been
at one time declared the vice Of a
few IS now becoming the vice Of many.
according TO a statement made yester-
day by r. h. Doan assistant chief Of
police. Mr.. Doion states that nearly
every cIiminG who is taken In at the
police station / dope user. OF
cou. Sc, this COOS not include the plain
drunks and vaps, but practically all
Who arc wantcu on charges such as
petit larceny.
The assistant chief says that the
habi; is so strong with many that the
lope users VIII go to any length TO
buy their druPS He accounts for the
numerous reports of small thieving
from the fac; that some dope user is
'broEe' and viii resort to this use to
obtain .he necessary money for buy.
ing the drugs.
Berides th- lower class of people
many of thos who move in the high.
est society are users OF some drug
Worried business men, professional
men, the cursed with brain fags,
iaded society women and all the 9th.
er victims of the killing rush of mod
ern life are adapting themselves e
me swift pace by becoming dope
users
Men who have studied the practice
as well as cN-users say that Will,
t,ere is reliei during the first few
times that the dope Is used, the prac
ilce soon becomes obnoxious 10 tn,
user, but he has the habit so stronl
that he cannct resist
A case Is narrated by a physician
of "A nurse who applied at an inc
brlatc's home near Tulsa recently, VIII,
confessed thai she had not beei
really sober fon more than six years
\ spell Of unusually heavy work ha'
Griven her to cocaine. Her holidays
which ought 20 have followed imme
dlately, had to be postponed for SOM
reason connected with the hospita
3 work, and sha continued taking 60
caaine until when relief came at las
s1e found herself unable To give nj
ner daily allowance of the drug
Sometimes sac took brandy TO reliev
her craving for the drug. but alway
she returned As in every other case
the gradual sapping of the will powe
weakened her efforts to break tn
1abit and in tae end her friends ha
To take the nost drastic measures I
force her into an inebriate's hom,
ut,n,aggft.llV
Ken after a. agonizing and painfr
, cure"
One woman who led n very bus
eon'al life used to take regularly
mixture of chloral. sal-volatile an
brandy and soda, while another ha
: dosed herself with mixture Of sa
volatile and I'd lavender.
: Another extraordinary case wa
I heard of reoep'ly. Three doctors ha
. been called IN to examine a Tuls
I rloman and though all three agree
a trat she was suffering from over
Stimulation they were utterly unabl
G to discover the cause of her symT
G tome. The mystery was not solve
nntil some ON happened to mentio
u hat the woman always kept a bottl
" Of sulphate cf quinine in her boudoi
n She then confessed chat she was sin
g ply suffering from excessive dost
4 Of quinine.
S The stage literature and art eac
X col tribute a large number OF vi,
n TINS Of the drug and alcohol habit
Manv men and women connecte
with the staSo have fallen victims
. he craving for stimulants, alwa,
With disastrous results TO their pr,
fessional regulations. one actress, {,
whom the critics had prophesled
q brilliant career, commenced takir
a.. morDhla during a nervous crisis 81
q was delighted with the immediate he
eft she derived from the drug. an
. used II again and again Before 81
. or anyone else had realized what W
happening, the unfortunate woma
had become morpho maniac. 81
not only mate no progress in her al
? but Ger acting was deteriorating ra
idly.
4 Before the cnd came II had becOn
impossible fOi her to obtain an g
IS lgagement. M manager could depel
n on her comrP to the theater al
= when she al. put In an appearance
IL was only charitable to describe n
y acting as errltic. She became so rec
> less In her craving for stimulants IN
10 she drank eeii de cologne Flori
: water or ANYTHING else Of an ale
!. holic nature IN this case, at u
e rate, death came as a mercifu |
h, lease.
e Although there are not many Us,
'e of opium In wdlsa, there are scol
D. of cocaine users. The cocaine hal
! while T. has none Of the suppos
~ lures Of the opium habit, still It !
n. pleasing effect to the user at fir
ID Cocaine Is nehIly always taken FOR
y, rtimDlant. while opium is used
ts he pleasant dreams which II Is su
Or pose e. prodrce. Many of the m
et noted characters IN history are r
y, orded as haWiig "hit the pipe" so
" time In their career. DeQuincy WI
= his masterpieces while under
IN influence Of opium. His case was
=. peculiar one. Because he was s
so ce>sful many On ambitious poet or
as thor has init the pipe" for the n
ld time, expectInp 20 write thrilling m
terpieces like those Of DeQuincy. 7
40 result has been oblivion.
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