El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

less There are LeW he1o1c1e
r-edfcinea powerful enough 20 re-
1ieve headache quickly ald sgreIy.
that do not contain = Substantial
proportions OF opf1n and Eil Of
them are more 20 be feared han
famine pestilenes and sudden
Frequently coasciencsiezs drag
gfst enter 8 conspiracy TO defraud the
public into using drugs A druggist
wants 20 IN Prescriptions He wiz
agree % pay the doctor such pre-
centum OF all money collected on pre-
the doctor More crimes have been
concealed under the prescription syn
Dol than have been committed n the
name OF liberty
There IS no human zccny compsr-
able TO that undergone By = drug ad-
dict when his accustomed drug is
Withdrawn abruptly There are a nil
lion nerves in = SQUARE inch OF flesh
and when the drug Is taken away.
every one becomes q stream CT fire 10
the spinal cord There are countless
millions Of. veins. arteries and c1oil-
Iaries- When the drug Is uscd they
are swollen 70 abnormal size. and
when Il IS denied them. they al be-
every one producing terrible pains
The Irony OF II.
Even now there arc cities that VIII
send teamster % prison FOR 200
days for stri king stubborn mule
Few unnecessary strokes for cruelty
TO animals and Wiu throw 4 cruE az
dict in 4 ced and e41orc5 abstinence
from his drug for Gays. letting him
undergo ali ten aEo1y OF the REQ
p1ytes OF the neither world. die. 80
mad, OF hopelessly depraVed- Many
doctors viii give orders 10 their
nurses TO administer hundreds Of
doses OF morphine 20 their patients IN
sanirarIuIus and thea hurry down 10
the courthouse and swear that a doc
tor who relieves a poer addict should
who takes mere than the normal
dose should be imprisoned until be
promises to take NJ more.
The public Is beginning to realize
tnat not al eodlcts are worthless
criminals or hopeless outcasts AID
that something must Be done 20 pre-
vent the dance 81 death The dues-
tion has clsnsed from How nay We
prevent men from obtaining drugs
to -How may We make Il 50 that
diction IS a disease purely and sim
ply and public conSciencs IS being
aroused TO tbs horrible fact that a.
unthinkabls amount OF uruecessarr
inflicted on these unfortunate3 who
should be afforded relief.
Nearly all addlcts nay be cured
There are however. Z number who
have been taking tbs drug 50 Ions
that Il is Impractical 70 attempt 10
effect a deiiverance- Besides there
are a large number o. hopelessly IN
durable invalids whose condition
would be int0ierabia without opiates-
JUST Must Have Il.
Ihete is 4 surprisingly large NUM-
her, who BY means o. the daily use
OF opiates. may do good work IN the
world. whereas without Z they would
be helpless Sufte-era- Some tine aeo
a. a meeting OF a COMMITTEES OF sur
geons in Pbiiadelphia enc % the most
mitted that he had taken daily FOR
33 years morphine In large quantities.
and thar il alone had kept him alive.
aud further that any day now that
Il should be denied aim. he would be-
come a helpless invalid and hopeless
sufferer
Opium & the greatest boon granted
By nature to suffering humanity. II
IS Invaluable in surgery and MIDI
cine. often Il is the only thing that
VIII enable nan 70 undergo the
shock that his system haa received
But when wroueiy Used Il becomes .
1iend incarnate- Drug addiction OF
itself Is altogether evil There Is not
oddicts claim that il makes them see
visions and dreams dreams II Is
believed that such hzbitues have OBJ
tanned their theory out OF books on
lie SUBJECT r1Lner t11n experience
else how could 50 many men have il
given them for months before they
realize wat they are reeeiving2
Can't Be Broken Up.
some excellent laws have been en-
acted for the control OF the use OF
oriates and much benefit VIII result.
yet there is stlil an enormous Illicit
drug traffic So long As the govern
melt does not adrnit that some per-
sons require daily an abnormal
amount Of oriates and so long as 4
attempts TO require that all addicts
be cured. Just so long VIII this enor-
nous illeecl traffic continue. There
VIII always he enough persons who
have money and who actually require
oniotes to make Illicit traffic profit
able.
II the government VIII provide
some means BY which hopeless in
valids and addlcts nav secure res
sorable amount or opirn legally and
viii keep a close watch on drug
believed that Illegal traffic would
soon fail for lack Of patronage
Il would seem that n two reliable
doctors in every community would
declare a re-son needed cnium con-
st1ntiv. usire common sense as well
rs scientific Knowledge. and The gov
eminent then would Issue such PER
sons a certificate permitting thara %
purchase 50 much oniunc az stated IN
tervrls fNr personal use. with thu
penalty 81 fninFisonnreut for disnosing
~ Il IN any other manner. and execute
the law. Illicit traffic would soon
ease, and humanity would b oene-