Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-25
NEW dope" BILL
FOR LEGISLATURE
MONDAY MORNING
Measure TO Combat Widespread
Heroin Vice Built en- Lines
Of Federal Act
is GREAT NEED FOR 1T

When tho Legislature resumes It's lahors
on Monday morning u wll receive tor
consideration . hill designed 10 take tho
place ot the present act I" prevent the
illegal sale OF such drugs as cucalnc,
morphine and compounds and derivatives
of opium Behind the proposed law Is
the whole power OF the forces that make
for law and order IN Delaware because the
Crlmcs that u Is designed % prevent ore
the sources of 4 tremendous evil the
hahit at using drugs which has gained
such 4 toothold IA thr state and pariICu-
larly In Wilmington that drastic meas
urcs arc absolutely needed to stamp u nut
Attorney 4 iencral kcinhaTdt AMI Dep
uty Aforementioned Green long >'ncc
found out N their effort ~ hHnG ~ Jus
tlcc Illegal traHickcrs IN heron. the chlci
oi tho haht-tormlng drugs now u nse hy
unsoTtunates who have fallen victims -
them that the Law now on the statute
hook- o; the state Is quite inadequate 70
cope with the situation
The hCruIn VICE introduced into Wal
m,ngtnn only about ton wears ago hv
Philadelphia NcgrceS has grown 10 such
an extent that Is n serious menace ~ the
moral and physical health oi thv COM
munitv. In CONSEQUENCE. the demand for
the deadly and insldious white powder
which Is tho commercial form ot heron
has raised up vCrltahle army oi illicit
dealers in n chiefly Negroes,
WARFARE NoI SUCCESSFUL
The police. including both hc unl-
formed force and the detectives have made
the most energetic efforts to stamp out
The vicious trade and have arrested scores
of sellers of he drug backed hy The ar-
4 .. a.. A.s,
attornev-grncral' o'hcc, whlic N court
Deputy Acknowledgement tlroen, ~ho
has prosecuted most ol the cases Ass OH
tanned convection after conviction, send
ing several dozen offender 10 jail
But a. fast 81 on, was put behind
the han ~ C,rrcnbank two others went
INTO hu,ineSs Attornc, I icncral Rem
hard Mr.Grccn and thc pofcr had M
difficulty N figuring ont the trouble The
law was inadequate. The punishment It
inflicted IN maNrmum a wear and 5000
6nC was not suticient 20 deter the illicit
sellers of heron from the highly profit
able traffic, which usually meant gains
ot frum 800 to 500 pcr cont
~Tw BILLS PROVISIONS.
The only answer to the situation was
4 ncW and more stringent law and the
MnndaV was the result I ne measure Is
based upon the Federal HARRISON ANTI
Narcotic Act. aud provides maximum
punishment ul three wears Imprisonment
and 81 .OOo fine for violations. X also
specifically names heron. which the pres
cnt act docs not. = flaw whIch NcSsrs.
Rclnhardt and Green are aware of TO
fhclr snrrow
Further II ,Dak,> illegal the possession
~ IN, prescribed drugs that Is pcsses-
SION without having obtained the drug
through q physician prescription or 10y
gos~cSsion as au authorized druggist or
drug hous, such illegal possession Is a
,lolan0n oi the act and punishable ~
such Possession by Others than ply
slclans and other authorized persons Of
hypOdcrmIc syrlnges tor the admlnlstra-
non 81 narcotic drug ls also made
y.olstion Of the act The sale by druggists
s, 'he prescribed drugs i also regulated,
s-inc confined 10 sale only by Prescrip-
,.oi which prescription must be kept on
tic for a period OF two years.