The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-23
DOPE SELLING IN MICHIGAN DIS
cUSsED BY STATE OFF,
GALS.
EXTRA SESSION MAY BE ADVls
ABLE.
II Contention of Detroit Prosecutor Ia
Correct Law Will Be Needed
to Prevent lndiscriminate
Traffic in Drugs.
10y Gurd Nj. Hayes.l


III special session is called an amend
menl 10 the law relative TO the safe
OF dope should be called TO attention
OF the legislators"
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Helme-"The cocaine law
should be amended to compel Whole
salers to report monthly their sales
of this drug to the dairy and food de-
partment."
Is STATE Bacteriologist NJ. l.. Holm
THE time has come when it is neces-
sary TO enact legislation restricting
the rights of the medical profession in
the use of cocaine"
Dr.. Bret Nottingham of the state
medical board-"Licenses of physi-
clans or pharmacists should be revok-
ed upon conviction for selling or pre-
scribing dope Illegally"
Lansing, Mich-Aroused by the eX-
posures of the illegal sale of dope"
in Detroit, Lansing and other cities,
Of Michigan, state officials are plan
ming a crusade against the continu-
ance of this practice, and if special
session Of Che legislature is called
Governor Ferris will recommend a rad
ical change in the presen. laws gov
erning the sale of drugs.
1t is the unanimous opinion OF ev-
evry state official who has studied the
proposition that the present laws are
not stringent enough to curb viola
tons by INSCRIPTIONS physicians and
! druggists, and il is pointed out that
there are many other defects which
are in need of immediate remedy. To
UGH an extent has the traffic in drugs,
especially hcrion, grown, that state
! officials are Mortified at the recent ex-
! posures. They DO not hope to cure
! he unfortunates who are now addicted
| TO the use of the death dealing drugs.
! Federal laws have now been enacted
which will prevent "snow birds out
| side the state from conducting a pro-
ftable business by peddling dope in
Michigan, but they do hope to curb
the sale in this state.
THE recent disclosures in Detroit
and elsewhere in Michigan indicate
that the youth of the state, the man
hood OF Michigan, is being under
mined through the unlawful sale OF
such drugs as morphine, heroin, ETC..
said Governor Ferris.
This phase of law violation should
not be tolerated under any circum-
stances. There is absolutely no ex
cuse for any man who claims to have
the slightest regard for humanity "a
join in inflicting upon humanity drugs
that are more destructive in their con
sequences than the leaden ball. The
economic harm that is inflicted upon
the state is a trifing factor as com
passer to the destruction Of character
A secret and cowardly method that
destroys life and character and i'm
perils the safety of the people SHOULD
receive more serious condemnation
than the open methods of outlaws.
Every law abiding citizen, every
man who has an appreciation of the
value of human life should join in {
campaign to exterminate and make
this form of drug violation an impos
sibiity in the great state of Michigan
] deem il a privilege and duty to d.
everything in my power to encourage
law enforcement in relation to this
all important matter. Along this line
the state of Michigan owes much t
the splendid work of Dairy and FooC
Commissioner James Helme. 1t il
hoped that our civil authorities will
not leave a stone unturned to do ava!
absolutely with this cowardly methoC
of assassination"
Dairy and Food COMMISSIONS
Helme is not pleased atethe methods
followed by Prosecuting Attorne!
Shepherd is pushing the case agains
Alderman Eddie Barnett, of Detroit
81 am very sorry that the prosecution
has taken the stand 1t has in the Bar
nett case" said Helme.
81 dug up the facts that a large
amount Of morphine. and heroin hat
been sold without prescription in thu
Barnett Drug Store in Detroit. Sec
ton 8 of the pharmacy law provides
that no registered pharmacist shat
sell OF furnish morphine or any of III
derivatives without physicians pre-
scription. Barnett is not a registered
pharmacist and the prosecutor tool
the ground that Barnett could there
fore not be prosecuted for the sale
OF Herein made in his drug store.
eff the contention of the prosecute
is correct. than anyone except a reg
Istered pharmacist can sell MORPHINE
or heroin. The grocer, the butcher
the pop corn man OF the newsboy 4
free to openly peddle and sell thes'
drugs without restraint. II such 4
the law, the sooner a special session
Is called 10 correct this defect, tn,
better. The unrestricted sale OF NOR
phine and heroin for the next Il
. months in Michigan will do ten time
as much damage as the cost OF
special session. do not believe this