New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-23
rVENTY SOUGHT
IS DRUG TRADERS
Instruct Attorney Traces
supply of Dope to These
Distributors

nj the cocaine and habit form
,~s annually O. spensed TO New
100000 aldicts come from about
.tr large distributors. according 20
NATION obtained last week by Dis
attorney Swami Some Of these
3bsters are women and the com
\. nrofts Of the traffic, 1t IS said
I'M. to 100000 year.
r.. District Attorney, working with
,,..ices Of the Court of Special
s and Police Commissioner
". 5eelafes that he is doing his
80 b~,nc about -he arrest and con
-o- ri ne distributors. As re-
Il the latest onslaught on the
Sc which was initiated ar d
- I'M he Offices Of Justice her-
tsr IN Special Sessions last Week
feHow.nc facts concerning the
z- have been ascerfIlned
~. are more than 100000 cocaine
In Nsv York City. Reckoning
non -'.ron Of 100000. about
r.-sons in every one hundred
T. .td.sts OF the drug The habit Is
-s-fres to any particular walk o.
4. .,s and poor. educated and lgnor-
alike being included among IT'S VIC
Twenty Chief Distributors
s-t District Attorney Uuger,
-,t.. made reclai study or the
i-ior Of cocaine cases IN Special
s...,~. has discovered that when
~ ei,--.bu-ers and sellers are ar
...s ard convicted the narcotic evi-
80 ia --e cases usually ls contained
walls OF one Of SIX OF the largest
tsrssl manufacturer OF the country.
ss-ons made by drug addlcts IN
Il. .r~s SHOW that there are about
--srir Illicit di--rI1 buffers doing large
-s-e,s in the city, Means are beng
.f 20 ascertain accurately the
-tf~ Of these distri buffers IN order
su-e -te'r conviction.
inside. o. The large drug manu-
-u-ers. District Attorney Swami
.r.. irves "a or shows that the mar
- arc not shipped direct from
s.s houses 90 rhe illicit distributors,
s- az first sent % Canada and Mex
ard then smugg.ed back into this
entry. New York City takes q large
ve-utsge OF -le struggled drugs. In
greater city from January I 10 DC
r-ar 2. 1915. 1915 arrests FOR the use
a. ale OF narcotics we're made and
8 convictions resulted.
To present drug laws. according 20
e, District Attorney, co not require
-4-rfacturirg chemists 20 keep any
rf1rds Of heroin and opium derivatives
r,1r-ed from the United States City
rl-is.rates are empowered 20 commit
t-g adde's 20 Institutions Cor treat
ss-. Drug sellers often take Unfair
lT2l,4ge Of this fact. and when one IS
n-vit.ed he Stimulates drug addiction
= he hope that he will be committed
= ~ Institution for treatment instead
e Beng sent 20 the penitentiary.
Would Report Prescriptions
-)ae practical amendment 20 the
i~.-le, says the District Attorney
'so1lo Be % compel the physician VINO
'',scribss treatment for drug habits 20
''iiiy the Health Department or the
N'psf authorities % each case under
rng Treatment, 20 that INSCRIPTIONS
rl,.eisns-and there are altogether
- ns,y % them IN New York City
E'sid not have me sanction and power
y ne law 20 sell and distribute mar
s;,ss % such patients.
furthermore, physicians should keep
N'ts instead o. mere records OF al
/. 'psnsstions % habit forming drugs,
-s's books should be open for in
'''c,ioh By proper authorities az all
-ss, and failure 20 produce the books
= proper demand by constituted
eiaofities should be made a misde-
er1rrr NM u. = e. IL Lrr 1900 rsev~ -