The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-01
AN INSTITUTION FOR DRUG ADDICTS

NNE of Ardmore'S good women suggests and that
W the state of Oklahoma provide hospital for the treat
ment of drug addcs The editorial writer of The Armoree
is strongly in favor of such institution He believes that
the state this duty to such of its unfortunate citizens
victims of the drug obsesson disease The state, by
negctng this matter is guilty of serious of omission
There many persons who speak dersvely face
6ously Of the dope end Some such persons prob
ably imagine that they Christians. In the opinion of the
present writer such almost far from the
fold of Christian theory and practice possible for
human soul to stray They need elementary instruction in
Christian ethics. Anybody who laughs at, derdes con-
demns drug addict is either moraly at heart, is
natural-bom fool a amentable gnoramus. The same
range of classification applies the person who poke fun
any other sort of physical or mental unfortunate.
The present writer, happily, has been in the slight
est degree drug addict but he has known others who have
been such and he has observed of their utferngs
Competent authorities that there is such agony
that of the drug addict to whom dope is denied The
writer has known of splendid professional aanments
who for have fought with sublime herom against the
black enemy-the for drugs ITS their fault,
s,me may say; they lack will power" What you know
about will power? Many persons talk lightly and cheaply
about will power who do not possess 1.-THE of the will
possessed by the the woman who in absolute agony
has strven for against the black end of the drug
There scientific for the drug obsesson. 1t is partly
mind and partly body Once in the clutches
c the fend, is but seldom that victim able to grope
his way unaided to ibertyto being cured of the dis
which has fastened itself upon him. He needs help, not
He treatment and unless there is provided for
him and his cosufferers institution thoroughly equipped
for such there but little hope for his recovery
1t is the business Of the state provide such nstu
ton We warned by students OF the problem that
the removal of opportunity to indulge III alcoholic mulants
will increase considerably the number of drug addchose
who will turn to morphine cocaine for relief from the
misery of impaired That may be true it may not
be true The patent fact is, however that already in this
state in other states there considerable number
oC persons who have become victims Of the drug disease
they unable to help themsevesand upon excellent all
thory we given understand that in most they
cannot--who then is to help them?
The is the state.
1t is the stae-organzed society-which alone step
in and assist these suffering citizens toward relief. Many
the private institutions for the relief of such unortunaes
less grating propositions. They hod-up af
fairs, Of them. Quackey and fakery the chief
methods of socaled drug institutions. An in
stuton built and maintained by the state under competent
scientific supervision is called for in this connection.
The hope of the present writer is that the of
Oklahoma will take up this matter and compel the of
Oklahoma to see the necessity for state institution for
the Of drug addicts Our notion is that the
woman could be much better employed in such service than
IL knitting socks for heather who prefer remain barefoot
We have made the notion Do we hear second?