Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-18
|DRUG WAVE Sweeps
ENGLAND IS REPORT

Nv PAUL RI.Ew sTFn

Nv PAUL BREW STEn
LONDON Sent i1-England l. ~
1'eriencinE ono q the wofs, iopr wave,
In hirioty. according to shetland Yafa
officials Who are working dly and
night TO check the illegal traffic iu
drugs.
Dope ukins galncd q tremendous iu
petuf. according Co the London slruihs
nfier the Dfnous cnae q Billie Carlton.
o populV young English actress. vi"
re'nnlp' VI suicide about veal and Re-
hall AGO by taking an oycfdusc 20 co.
eaUe
The ma ioritv uf the drug adihcis are
soung women and men ranging %"
tween the ages IL 'ighiecn and twenty.
five years. These Young people are 81, o
seeking a new sensation. They ARE tine
hahitues ~ I.nndon's night clubs. nr
eaharets. and the ulra.snart rrsinur
ants and hotels ~ the fashionable West
Epd
Tho contempt 81 I.onions famous de-
tectiye organization for ihrs' y"ung
dope addlcts II supreme. the, tenn
them n set IL young rattle brains
who. after eNhausiing all ~" various
sensations ui American cocktails Whi'h
are concocied by the hundreds 20 ih'
ntcht clubs. hay. taken o. drugs inr
want ~ = new sensation They even iu.
innate that dope would b. a public hgnr.
fe~tor II II cleared London ~ this class
of idle yuunE sensation seekers u vnhIN
at l,,,si do thrm \ rurd tIru and allow
tho N ~ take a rest
The publicity vhirh WaH given I"
thu Rilite Carlton Ns" attracted Oh"
attention - l.uniun's gilde'l youth VIM
~ that time we're listening o. thea iitsi
tsyl music ana on whom Oh taste
~ unfamiliar cocktails md l'gun o.
Cloy. ~ thsy tried "cok'' AMI sunA
Just for the fun 81 Il
The DISASTROUS results q irving dfu.
Just for Tho rAisri-nc" - plainly sen
Dr. che Wet End u London.
piccaAlly. which ,hr l.Ondou.r loves
90 call thn center % the world "a IN
huh % thu uniVrrsn. has beoom" %"
renter - uud' rsorld dug tr"iu,king.
accurdinr :n az" informant.
Tho number ~ drunken diners 1nl
dancers On the restaurants hotels auu
caiarets he's. almost disappeared and
Instead nervous young men and Elrls.
With checks ~ the pall0r which DOPE
atone produces. with eyes under which
dark circlcs auf p.ftchiihlr. are iu h'
NNNaNNu NAEINk AN"AN ANNN - @NAH" ."
their mouths with shaking hands which
might seem e. keep tim" % tn ''crn.
tTlc harmonic waves - a.. Jazz intOKi.
Gated negroes - the hand
on the streets II the West End on
Plccadillv. Coventry street ami Shafi"s-
bury avenue and the innumer,ble small
streets and cul d. ocs lsad.ng 30 tbs
main thoroughiar,s az" To- BE- found tn
worst examples. ur the ultimate results
az the drug habit lsaning 90 hBldl"d
against IN" doUrNavs sl~"mng IN the
areawavs leading from restaurant iif.
ch,;ns al night They wiz tell any gul
ifhle pedestrian N. story N theh drWn
fall for the price ~ cup - coffee ant
q sandwich.
They get their coke" or snow
fron seemingly well.'o-dn Young men
about town. Who frequent ihe t-st,ur.
ants and cabarcis and p-,lllc tn drugs
TO their customers The dot ,iiyes II
among the diners and dancers and kesu
their eyes open often they see c1ipl.
otter couple g. up and sXchaur a word
or two ~ greeting With q young man
sitting alone and although no object
has been s...n g. change hands th'
f~an ~ watchs,l SOMETIMES % results in
she discovery II the source ~ his 4 -
frrm = ioctor ca q ntis' ni fh' nuuer
Gus Iai c.ls a drugs IN MS Fashionable
ast hut mere ct ~ than not th" mia'
crsani goes urcnnSict,d as th' sl'uths
ranrot establish sufficient -Nidrr,.
against him henus' II his well guarded
methods II generally results On a diruCt
warning TO 'hc drug traffi,kcr
The one outstanding fratur. ~ tn
whole dore wave II that there are feU
convictions Goa drug trafficNiug and
i.ondoners are beginning to ask them
selves II their police arr Incapable a.
coping with this new menace
Scotland land thinks that the nisht
clubs. or csharcis are the source az all
the trouble ard that II th'y were clos
cd the drug wave would d. a natural
death. II poinis out that a former rf-
tOrious member - Nm irk's unl,t
~'urid. nov tho Proprietor - une - Ion
don's besi.known caharcts WIS lmph.
rated IN the Pili" Carlton ease
Close down the nlght clubs ~ ID
cry ~ Scoiisnd Ward and there Nil De-
no more dope The opium 'uints &C
I.lmehouss arr az inn"cen' ~ country
pastures comparsd 10 N 80 deus 70 ini.
guilty.
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