The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-13
Congress Must Provide
Drastic Legislation
Against Drug Habit

WASHINGTON. Sept. -. -liabituaI
use Of morphine. cocaine. hrroin ana
prcparatinns containing "th,r iia' coI'
drugs has Increased RAPIDLY ~ the
I'nirrI STATES within the last two years
and q drastic auti-nurCnIic law must
no enacted a. this session OF congress
10 check the wholesale spread III 'n'
habit. These are the CONCLUSIONS '''tHt
public to-day by Il special treasury IN
rcstirating committee together Win
Martial report ON th" number OF drug
;iiIdicts actually under physicians treat
mrut in the states.
The Investigations Of tho committee
which is headed by Representative
sands Of drafted men have been DISMISS
cd from military camps after II was
found they were drug addicts ana liItL
this number included many VINO system
aticully Developed the habit attcr hcihe
drafted in order To insure their DIS
,uissal This condition ~ ono reason
given for the urgency uI immediate
remedial Legislation.
The necessary measures already navy
bern embodied IN the new revenue Dill
Ih,. committee rpnrtrd, proFluiiiS loE
regulation Of manufacturers and deal
nrS in proprirly medicines containing
compounds Of narcotic drugs as wei! as
the pure druE. The measure also ""u'h
tax these preparations pr"N1d"N ihc't'S
Of Keeping track ut great QlantillfS dtS'
lliI'i summary 'lIll soy w
through which thousands OF rl'nit"Ts
are snid 90 escape under the Harrison
anri-narcutic act.
Hundreds Of agents OF the internal
revenue bureau, acting for ;hc lnNcStl-
eating committee have reported urta!lrI
information concerning CunSut'I'l!"h III
,nurphiur COCAINE, herein. or medicines
containing similar alkalOidS ana "n
these reports j. based tn, "Stllnaic maj
1T least 100" F,rS"us III IN" tnl'cu
States are drug add!ctS. OF "n"ih
ono 900 are known rs Such IN thcf
communities. and III" balance secret hiuE
users Full REPORTS arr expected To snow
200 900 known users within the FORMER
dr7trtc"s of Il and ~ IN New YORK alone:
I'ncuuntrd thousands III addition Hct
their supplies clahdcSin!y from nope
iJsrrs among whom internal revenue
agents wage perpetual warfare.
LAST YEAR the commuters rtcoruS
show, the produ:ii ana sale al pro-
prirtary rurdialS. "HrupS and parcSnrlc
syrup containing II drrraliNr Of opium.
incrrasrd rapidly, and thai Il large p"r-
ton WAS sold 10 IndivldualS Wh" con-
stunned It for the druS effect rather IMAM
for medicinal purposes.
Some army Officers have been l"hhC
to he hahiiu;Il u>"r! Of morhh!L" hid
have purchased supplies L. take 10
Franco with them.
Soldiers IN camp obtained narcotic
drugs llliritly from p"ddlrrS VII" l"al
:,huI, outskirts Vi camp. inG"nI"u:
methods uI receiving II w"r" r"puftrd.
including transmission in lI"S. candy or
cakes. SuIuratlnE correspondence paper
with "a drug solution and sending pack
cts incluS,d in knitted articles.
Partial TrpurtS show the follow ing ad-
diets reported 10y rhYsi"iuns under trent
mrnt in states with Numbers /" u" dou-
BLEED and irihl"d probably by Later rr-
ports:
! iinh;tlua 7%?: Arkansas. l.:'g; tolo>
RADIO 5S4: Cnl'Er"ti"ut. "GH; lhEtwhrr
$50: t'urIda. So: Georgia. %.:4": Idaho.
| : Illinois. l.lac: imiIaT;s. i."ih: Kansas.
l.4>i: Kentucky. l.G:"; Louisiana. no:
Maine. A.; Maryland. Luz. MaSSnrhu-
sctI$. 9.@@%S: Michigan. 2.Ii': MINNESOTA.
i."4g: Mississippi. ~: Missouri ".@i2:
Hlonr;.r.il IL. N"brr%Ka. 80: Nv Hanp-
! shire l.;i3: NV Jersey. 2.@,i New
McxI"". COS: N"rIh Carolina. ~ North
Dakota. I5:;: Rh"d" Island. us: South
Dakota. 17i: Ilah. 20; Wyoming, i" and
District "f C''lumiin. 4i@.
In New York ,Ity $500 already have
been tahulalcd.