The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-08
EDITORIAL


Dear Editor: see in The Star where some of Seates
officials held meeting behind closed doors to decide what
shal be done with the dope ends So now they put US
Ia the same class criminals.
They want to put us in a cel-make convcts out of us
The police haunt us enough as it is without n m as US
instead of better Prison VIII not cure any dope
Hends." The they get that idea the better be-
cause jas and prisons make dope fends lhere is more
dope in the jals than there is in all of Chinatown ,
served 90 days in the county Jail for cure and
Ihad dope while was there than had outside Tor
every time the sheriff searched the jail he would IND
nenty Once they found five and about 20 outfits
g find out how it came in. AND NEXT DAY EVERY
FIEND HAD FRESH ST0Ckl
have been in as from New York to San Francisco and
have done 80 to 90day jos Tor using ana having dope
and never saw anybody helped to n cure in JAIL
Jals make dope fiends know because there where
taught the habit was IN the county Jal IN san
Francisco lust before the earthquake and everybody there
could get dope by calling boy Yet they were
nnding "fiends' there for cure
II was fine joke.
eends' know it, and there package Of dope on the
Nv to his CELL And if package misses, they will keep
ending until does get to him. because we Know no"
{ellow addict suffers without his dope.
II you really want to help u.s. give us tair chanee AZ
nre Let the government establish scientific cures and
treat for what diseased and helpless souls In
IA ail can ever force cure upon us. but if we had
Uacent chance would go willingly for a cure
II the government would control the business and allow
~ the supply of a "fend grain by grain week by week.
It'll he is down to one or two grams day. ana theh 'he
OnKe II easy.
NJ Aud If he goes back. after cure give him year at
nnrf labor.
III Hut first give us chance for a real cure.
Give us a chance live. If get job and are making
ood some wise fly bull will wise up the boss, and out
70 on the street. whether the best man IN the
klfco not.
Another thing these Chinese pedders they are pay
protacton they scared of the government dicks
the take charge of the dope business and
Yours truly, HIPPO SLIM az years fiend)
Editors Note: We believe that this letter from drug
ct solid value in it than all the conferences
IA police sessions and reform society resolutions IN the
800 who seek to reform" the "fends know nothing
HUT il.
va agree that jail sentence cured anybody of
0thing. especially it never helped dope ADDICT but
E1b have made lot of dopesters
~ man. He needs expert medical attention, long treat
- kindly care. Throwing him in the bulpen, where
rcn done 'sfiends" getting their daily poison thru
erat of some trusty petty official is indecent as
I'M y futile.
Trfabsh real cures. Give addics chance to be cured
1boy backslide give them another chance And LET
lee Sam 90 after the dope hard as he does
uocnshiners and in five years there will be dope
XEob1sm in this country.
For today the drug habit is everywhere and chiefly
e thriven since the advent of national prohibition.
Ana to have done nothing to help these helpless
H 70 save the nnocents that surely due for the
nushter.