Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-04
ANT|-NARCOT|C CAM
PAIGN

puDllc ScnOOlS ana the SCHOOLS OF Au-
gusta are among those where the battle
is strenuous. The following article in
the form of quiz was prepared and
given by Miss Grace L. Littlefield, an
Augusta public school teacher and SUI
perintendent of Anti-Narcotic work in
Cumberland county. being taken from
Leaf1et No. ). issued by the Department
of Scientific Temperance Instruction in
the Public Schools:
I. What is a narcotic?
A substance that numbs pain. In
large doses it produces stupor, and in
still larger doses, death.
2. When there is no pain what is the
action of a narcotic?
1t makes the organs of the body do
their work more slowly and tends to
cause sleepiness.
3. What are the narcotics most com
monty used?
morphine, laudanum, paragoric. sooth-
ing syrup. cocaine. choral, chloro-
form. and others.
4. Why is an alcoholic liquor not a
stmulant?
stmulant is a substance which
makes the organs of the body do more
and quicker work without causing them
holic liquors was once thought TO lie
stimul4nt but now it is recognized as
narcotic because its stimulating action
is followed by a much longer period OF
depression.
). AT what period OF life are marco
tics liable to do most injury to the
sense organs?
The period of life before 20 is the time
when the sense organs are most affect
ed by tobacco and alcoholic liquors
s. What is tobacco
Tobacco is the dried and cured leaves
of the tobacco plant. 1t contains from
to per cent of nicotine, a poisonous,
colorless, oily liquid.
:. How is it known that smoking to-
bacco is poisonous
Scientists have taken a pipeful OF to-
bacco and boiled it in cupful OF water
and have placed this in a quart jar of
water containing small fish. The fish
was killed in . minutes.
s. What are some of the effects Of to-
bacco using?
Tobacco lessons the sense of taste.
often causes poor appetite and has
an unWholf some effect on the organs of
digestion. Catarrh, hoarseness, and
throat trouble are common among those
using tobacco.
O. Doesn't the burning of the tobacco
destroy the poison?
II does not The nicotine is drawn
into the mouth with the smoke and is
then absorbed in the blood. This makes
the cells act slowly and prevents proper
growth.
TO- Why are cigarettes more danger
Gus than cigars or pipe tobacco?
Those using pipes and cigars seldom
inhale the smoke into the lungs. while
over $40 Of the cigarette users do. The
carbon monoXide passes readily 10 the
blood and poisons the nerves.
IL. What are some of the effects OF
cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking irritates the deli
cate lining of the throat, lungs and
mouth. At the same time it narcotics
the nerves that control the breathing
and the smoker suffers from lack OF air
1t weakenS the nerves that control the
heart and make it beat irregularly and
while working much harder than before
it accom- piiSheS less and the blood be-
comes purple instead of bright red This
loss of oxygen makes the smoker feel
nervous and blue
T. now does cigarette smoking affect
the digestion?
AS boy smokes the stomach becomes
overstimulated and overworked. 1t Sc
cretes digestive juices that are not
needed and cannot he used, therefore il
grows weak and fails to produce enough
badly begins to be pale and half-starved.
13.-Does cigarette smoking affect the
desire for exercise?
A cigarette smoker does not wish to
exert himself, and as he gets too little
air has a weak heart. and does not ex-
ercise. he begins to stop growing as he
should
IA. Does cigarette smoking affect
moral character?
Nearly all business houses refuse to
employ cigarette smokers because they
cannot be trusted. The users of cigar
cites are careless, dull, and rresponsi-
BILE. if not dishonest.
Is Why is the chewing of tobacco
harmful?
While person is chewing tobacco the
salvary glands are kept in a continual
strain of activity. so that much saliva
the saliva that enters the mouth when
the food enters the mouth is of a poor
quality. The nicotine absorbed by the
vessels in the membrane of the mouth
has an Injurious effect upon the heart
10. How does the use of tobacco effect
the muscles?
Nicotine causes the involuntary mus
cles of the small blood vessels to con-
tract, and thus some of the nourishment
intended for growth of the muscles IS
shut of. Tobacco users have hands
that tremble because they cannot CON
troll their muscles.
II. How does tobacco affect the
nervous system.
Tobacco has more serious effect up
on the nervous system than on any
other part OF the body. 1t prevents the
brain cells from developing to their full
extent and the CONSEQUENCE is a slow
and dull mind.
IS What do records made by college
students show with reference TO the use
of tobacco?
A careful study of the records made
by college students shows that those
who use tobacco are mentally inferior
to those who do not have the habit
19. How is growth affected BY the use
of tobacco?
The organs removing the poisonous
waste from the growing bones are made
unfit to perform their duties hv the use
of tobacco. DR. Alvin Dawson saws
In many young persons using mich
tobacco, the bones grow about one
fourtm slower IMAM in healthy boys and
girls.
%. What is snuff and it's eeacts2
Snuff is tobacco ground into fine
powder to which other materia,s 10
often added. The use of snuff tends IN
cause ~ soreness in the nose and throat.
Z. what is opium?
~, opau ~ IS sleep producing drug
lnaas rom the milky Juice dripping out
OF tne cut fruit capsules of the white
pupp! IN Shlna opium is smoked. and
aiso eaten by persons who have ar
CURED the habit and are unable to SD,
opium? VI the use Of
,,i inc use OF opium is injurious to BODY
n tsnS s..u character. Like alcohol II has
wb ,is9boe enc to create an appetite before
no Ion me me user becomes helpless. Japan
medicins allows it to be sold except for
What is morphine,
chemical process from the op;um