The Detroit times., 1916-03-15

erance can be established. here
mean to define tolerance N the per
mission 'and willingness Of the hui
man body to,se' used as storehovse
for a drug. There are other drugs.
such ~ digitalis. that viii accumu'
late In the human. body; but the
body cannot and will not accommo-
date Itself to their presence In &C
| cumulated amounts. hence they
prove poison. Possibly there are 9th.
ers. but opium 70 the only drug ]
know OF for which the human body
Is willing 10 become storehouse.
After q full accumulation Of opium
has once been established. II must
thereafter be kept up. The human
machinery will quickly rebel ut any
reduction below that point. This
complete and continual saturation
with the drug becomes, ~ II were.
. second nature with the addict;
hence each additional dose has no
immediate or appreciable influences.
no euphoria. only aiding In keeping
up the store on hand.
But why shouldn't one get accus.
toned to alcohol. cocaine, or choral
In the same way! Simply because
these agents do not accumulate In
the system as does opium, but are
quickly eliminated therefrom. All
three of them are rather loose chem.
icals. and are. therefore. easily
broken up in the system and quick.
~ gotten rid OF. Thus broken up.
they are eliminated by the lungs.
the kidneys. and the skin, and can
rarely be recovered in the same
chemical conditions In which they
were consumed On the other hand.
opium and it's derivatives are stored
up as such In the body. and az such
are eliminated mainly by way OF the
intestinal canal. and can be recov.
cred In all their original chemical
purity. Like radium. opium exercises
its powerful and prolonged infiu-
ences while passing through the
body. but loses none Of Its substance
ia Sttu
So transitory is the euphoria of CO
caine. and so rapid is it's elimination.
that IL one would keep continually
under it's influence, he must keep al
most continually injecting II. have
seen more than one cocaine fiend
take his syringe. fully loaded with
solution OF cocaine, and inject a few
drops at time. without withdraw
ing the needle. until the last drop
had been injected-thus prolonging
the effects OF the drug over a period
OF an hour or more with only one
needle wound. have done 1t my
self.
Given an opium or morphine basis
In the system. and cocaine may be
used periodically. may be used much
one day and but little another. Every
intelligent morphine.cocaineist I'M
derstands the fundamental difference
between his two drugs. namely. that
his morphine In a necessity and
must be used with some degree OF
regularity. and that his cocaine is
a luxury only. to be or not to be In
dulged in.
As to chloralin this regard. let me
say that II is the most loosely com.
bined chemical OF them all, and the
most easily eliminated. Every time
the chronic choral user wakes up OF
a morning from his chloralized sleep.
the choral Is all gone. Therefore. II
will produce the same effect the next
night, and the next. and SO on indef-
initely. or until n physical infirmity
ir developed-as In my own case
that prohibits Its further use. There
is absolutely no physical necessity
or desire begotten for the drug ex..
cepting the necessity or desire for
sleep. SO much for choral.
Now what about our old friend al
cohol In this regard? This drug ex.
ercises many peculiar manifesto.
tons. not least among which II Its
power to produce It's euphoria over
and over again indefinitely. Within
the human body It's chemical disor-
ganixation is not so easily accom-
plished ~ Ia that OF cocaine or chic
raj. But. owing to its volatile ma
ture. Il Is fairly easy of elimination.
In fact. when q man gets on q jag
every eliminating function OF. his
body Immediately gets busy In or
der to save him from disaster. No
man would ever recover from the
toxic effects Of an alcoholic spree
were II not for this rapid elimina,
tion. Old Noah would not have
awakened from his drunken stupcr
to condemn Ham and his posterity
TO perpetual servitudc.
Thus I have tried to show you how
these several drugs. cocaine. choral
and alcohol. unlike opium. do not &C.
cumulate In the system In any ap.
probable quantities: and that.
therefore, their primary effects, or
euphorias. may be experienced over
and over again, no matter for how
long taken. Also that their habitual
use is. therefore. q matter Of habit
only. and never becomes Q necessity.
whereas the habitual use OF opium
soon ceases TO be habit and does
become an absolute necessity.
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