The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
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play Of unhappines over ohsar Sspr4vsose
for two or three days and and thsf theg
get no results from their enotsonaiisD 50
the thing 10 over. Inside Of 1vsek theif
physicai conditions become improved a.d
within Q month they are sitting he0 70
normal. In. al ths histsry of the Adano
Penitentiary no addict has ever dsed bee.us
he has been deprived Of his opiatss- Ths
claim that they Win die from being % o.
prived has been vefy completely disprovsl
Down at Atlanta On this trip vss
speciaIly interested in Studying . Dsst sx-
asserated case of drug addiction. oeps
peddler had q short time before been sens
to this penitentiary from Albany, n. L
This man was Of huge stature but fright
fully emsciated. II was impossible 10 nnd
upon his body a spot which was not Scared
By the use Of the needle. At the time 10
was appreciated be w.s uxng IN ounce OF
morphine every day. An ounce Of morphine
Is $50 grains, and ons-fourth Of grain 70
an average dose for q normal adult ee
this man was using the equivalent ef lszp
normal dosa Of morphine sach day. ~
fsr a I know. be was the prize addict of
the experience Of the service. At Atlanta,
however, they had locked him in . cell and
given him no dope whatever. When ] av
him he had been at Atlanta for . mouth
and was already starting on the road b
recovery. For the four years Of his ssntssss
be will be without morphine. His moral d.
prsyity will, however, be soch that when b
gets out he will probably 80 back b the
old life. II will have been Demonstrated
however, that morphine 10 not necessary b
bis existence.
''our agents have many interesting sxpsfs
fences In spprehendins these men who ens
gage in Illicit drug trafhc. Here, for In.
stance, Ia an interesting case: IN agent had
gone to q room in q small town hotel which
was occupied by a man who vas suspected
Of selling these drugs. The man had sub
mitted to the search Of his room and Of his
person and none Of the drug had been Dis
covered. After going over the premises The
agent was standing By the maptel thinking
the situation over. There on the mantel lay
q Gideon Bible, such a. 10 to be found In
most hotel rooms. As he thought be sb-
sently fingered the edges of this Bible. Th0
idly he inserted his finger halfway through
the book and opened it up. There In the
middle Of the book the leaves had been cut
out and 4 space arranged for the cscheins
Of q hypodermic syringe and Q supply ef
dope.
"A splendid young captain Of the United
States Army, having been wounded In
France, had acquired the drug habit After
his recovery II became evident that be was
addicted to narcotics. he vas sent b .
hospital for treatment, was carefully
searched and carefully guarded, but be SIN
continued to give evidence Of being under
the influence of drugs. Finally the colonel
in charge Of the hospital went 10 this cap
tsin's quarters and searched them BE
stripped the captain to the skin and assured
himself that there was none Of the drug
in his clothes. There remained around his
neck, however, q cross indicative of his
religious faith.
Give me that eross.' commanded -
colonel.
"Ipstinctively, protectingiy, the captsin's
hand went to the cross and be protested
.esinst its release % earnestly a b In
crease the conviction that it carried his
drus. Sure enough, when exsmined, 10
vas found to have . removable cap and Q
hollow interior which would carry . soodly
supply Of opiste.
"A similar case was that Of q woman whs
continued under the influence Of opistes,
the presence Of which could not be detected.
Finally, the agent demanded that she give
him for examination q handsome comb which
sbe wore in her hair, and sure enough, be-
meath the brilliants in that comb was found
the resting place for her supply Of opistes
"WHAr 'dv.ne.nsn. a1'a !. being .ssi.,. made I,
asked Colonel Mutt.
..rh.re is coming to be . better under
..,ndius OF it," be replied, ''and an over
oouinx Of the prejudices against the rigid
..torcemept of the law. Local sdministrs- :
,ions everywhere are becoming more symps-
,hstic and are lending more assistance.
Iudres are giving much eeverer sentences 10
,;ol.tors of the law than they used to and
,h.t is helping a great deal. In New
orleans recently we put on q campsirs
and obtained sixty-one convictions in sixty
da,s and a penitentisry sentence In each
,.se. In Kansas City, which has been q
,ery bad spot, we tried ninety-two dope
neddlers in June and July and rot ninety
convictions. In one Of these cases, that Of
. physician who illegitimstely sold these
drugs. we obtained a sentence Of nine yearA
In ST. Louis recently q physician, proved 10
be ruilty Of selling drugs, was given q sen
tence Of fifteen years. Judges and juria
generally are at the end Of their pstiencs
with regard to these individuals and srS
assessing severe penalties. All Of which
helps very much.
Another element that promises to entes
into the situation is progress on the psrs
Of the medical men in so-called syntheti.
substitutes for the alleviation of pain. Al
ready have there been developed such nos-
habit forming substitutes which srs used
with very satisfactory results By dentists.