The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-19
WHAT DOPES ARE;
HOW THEY'RE USED

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opium first. Opium comes from the
Orient and Mexico and looks like
thick molasses or tar. Chinese opium
comes in oval cans made of high
grade soft brass, sealed up with SOL
der. Mexican opium comes in small
oblong cans of the same material. 1t
sells wholesale" at $50 for a five-
tael can, and a tael being one and
one-third ounces makes a can weigh
six and two-thirds ounces. Sold by
the smoke" a five-tail can will bring
the seller about $3.50 at 81 smoke.
| 1t is used in a bamboo pipe, say
nearly two feet long. These pipes
are sometimes very elaborate. One
that had been used a great deal was
taken in the raid yesterday and an
other one was taken that was being
cured" They take stick of bamboo,
wrap it tightly with cloth sub
stance and put lemon peelings around
it to cure it. The lemon peelings dry
ing up act as a vice around the bam-
! boo and prevent it from cracking.
The process requires many months.
Near one end of these pipes is
hole into which fits a detachable
bowl. On the top side of this bowl
is pin-point hole, the bottom part
that fits into the pipe being covered
with substance to prevent the OPT
um from leaking through to the pipe
proper.
When customer wants to smoke
the Chinaman takes a small quantity
of opium on "gow," an instrument
that closely resembles a large needle
The ball of opium is about the size of
pea and is revolved over a lamp
burning peanut oil This is called
cooking a pill" After it has been
| melted to a proper consistency, the
able portion of the pipe, more heat is
applied and the pill flows into the
pipe bowl. Then the bowl is attached
to the pipe proper, heat is applied to
the 4sarly air-tight bowl containing
| the opium and the customer COM
mences his smoke. Everybody uses
the same pipe and those taken in
raids show filth from a hundred
mouths.
1u Oh fWaluo
inhalations to produce sleep and it is
said that after these twelve whiffs
the iend falls into sleep lasting
several hours. during which wonder
full dreams are had and all worldly
troubles forgotten.
Once in awhile a hophead gets to
hitting the pipe little too often, like
a whisky drunkard. Then it becomes
necessary to take "the cure" This
port wine, and this permits the dope
fiend TO taper off" on the habit with
out the usual pangs consequent to
doing without. This cure is taken
until the patient is Strengthened up to
an extent that he or she is capable
of once again appearing in public.
Then the pipe may be hit again, much
as drunkard takes up drinking after
a siege of delirium tremons.
Yen shee is more simple. 1t is
merely the opium residue after the
moisture has been taken out by smok-
ing. The detachable portion of a pipe
fills up with dry, brown powder after
opium has been smoked and then ii
becomes necessary to remove the
bottom plug, insert an instrument and
get the yen shee powder out. Yen
shee is used by opium smokers when
they are unable to smoke and is put
in the mouth. The slight kick" re-
sulting slaves off desire for smoking.
One of the Cinnamon in Jail yesterday
had to be given yen shee to keep him
going and the officers give them a
little to avoid listening to piteous ap-
peals for the drug.
Use Of Morphine and Other Drugs
Morphine is about as popular with
drug addicts as cocaine, but it is NOR
phine that most of them get started
on. 1t used to be that morphine
fiends ate the drug. but since the
price has gotten so high they use it
with hypodermic needle, because
with the needle it requires less to get
a kick" Morphine comes as a pow
der and an amount equal to pinch
of salt is sold for a dollar. The NOR
phine users outfit is simple. They
have regular teaspoon the bowl of
which they put in a match box. When
they want "shot" they put the
"morph" in the spoon, hold the spoon
over a candle until it melts, fill their
hypodermic and shoot the liquid usu-