El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-15
HOP SMOKERS NOW MUST
co TO JUAREZ TO DREAM

those who handle it in large lots. In
this way the bOv from the land of the
rising sun can smoke ~hOp" as much
as his heart desires, without the in
reference of the police. But should the
Celestial have visitors. cOuntrymen or
otherwise. he would, If discovered. be
sent TO the penitentiaTY for the offence.
The same statute governs the Ameri-
can residents who can also indulge in
hop providing they do not invite
friends to partake Of the opium pipe.
Now all Americans have to 20 20 JuaTez
10 smoke"
In one instance, the detectives illus
trated where a prominent physician Of
II PasO has been prescribing over 200
half grains of morphine 20 a woman
patient The dose Is taken every three
days The woman Is In Fl PasO now
and IS still using the drug and the doc
tor Is still handing out the poison. 1t
might be said that the doctors practice
Is general-he is not a specialist.
Recruits From Better Families.
Vow all this shows a great change
from a few years ago. The tenderlOm
used to supply the bulk of the drug
fiends. Occasionally a victim OF OPT
ates drifted downward from the world
that lives by day. Usually that person
was one who had acquired the habit
through sickness Now the fiends in
Guide an increase in respectable people,
and Of that number, q great many never
went inside of q hosDftal.
1t used to be that we rallied against
the introduction of the cigaret into our
homes by our WOmenfOlks; now ii IS
the hypOdermic, or the pipe, or the vial
OF cocaine. Dozens Of men and women
In FL PasO's upper strata of social life
use either one OF all OF them right
in their own bOudOiTs and dens. but
they do it alone, not daring TO invite
a companion. The police officials know
numbers of these peOple-sOme known
users of the Opiates, some favorable
time IS not lar of when they viii come
without the law and suffer the conse-
Quence of their craving OF carelessness
In satisfying ii. Children speak fa:ni-
harly about the hFpOdermie syringe ana
Young girls and boys joke about inject
ing dope, Illustrating by knowing ges-
lures.
The ReasOn-A Probe.
The writer tried to find Que how It
was that this had come about, and
now much it really amounted TO. IN
telling what was told 10 me ana Wnat
7 have seen. ] shall try to stick to the
story of the habit among those whose
lives bring them in contact with you;
the men and women who are apt to be
on your calling list or among your bus
mess acquaintance. And because they
too, concern ali of US and our safetey.
I shall include the soldiers stationed
at Fort Bliss How is it and why IS
It that the drug fiends come from the
following walks Of life: Doctors, house
wives, writers, soldiers, bookkcepe-s,
business men and the sOcallad ''idle
Tieh:' Also, what is the life of the
drug fiendl And what IS the drug trail
fie ike in Juarez2
New TO get at al these questions
OF How and Why Here Is what
the detectives said: Some kinds Of
patent medicine ana too rapid living"
They elaborated: Many babies get
the craving from soothing syrups, usu-
ally containing Opiates- The desire
never dies. Many grown people, par
ticularlv women, use certain kinds OF
proprietary medicines to allay suffer
ing OF to check neUrasthenia." They
went on to speak of the growth Of ner-
Tousness. "OverWork. especially mem
tai OTerw0rk; and Overpleasure, are
constantly inducing neUTasthenia- We
live too fast and we take too serious
w the problem Of making our living
IN the cities. Men are Overkeyed all
day; and at night men and women seek
Their relaxation IN a manner that Dor