The Washington times., 1922-09-25
DRAS TIC
RULES ARE
ADOPTED
Temporary Regulations Under
Jones-MiIIer Bill Are Auto
maticaIly Suspended.
BY Universal Service.

by Universal Service.
Drastic rules for the suppress
sion of the international drug
traffic have been agreed upon at
the State Department.
These regulations make effec-
tive the Jones-Miller anti-narcotic
law. passed by Congress last May
at the instance of the Hearst
newspapers.
Secretary of State Hughes,
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon,
and Secreta ary of Commerce
Hoover will formally sign the
lengthy document today. The
three cabinet officers make up the
anti-narcotic control board, pro-
vided for in the law, which will
continue to function as long as
the drug evil exists.
LoOpholes Closed.
Most Of the loopholes through
which thousands Of pounds of
opium, morphine and cocaine have
been smuggled into the United
States have been effectively closed. 1t
was announced at the State Depart.
ment.
Through careful cooperation with
customs officers. foreign govern
ments and manufacturers in the
United States 1t will be impossible
except for legitimate medicinal
usages, 1t was declared.
Hundreds of fake concerns"
which have escaped under the old
laws will be forced out Of business.
Among them will be manufacturers.
importers, brokers and bonded
warehouses" In addition thousands
Of preparations, so-called cures"
which contain drugs, will be ex-
cluded.
The temporary regulations under
which the Jones-Miller bill has been
operating, are automatically sus'
pended. They have been found to I've
wholly inadequate in every way, fol.
lowing a survey by the government
that has gone into every phase OF
the drug evil.
Government experts have been
able to fix the amount OF drugs
which physicians will legitimately
subscribe. They have determined the
excess manufactured, as well as
smuggled, and claim that they will
be able to halt any but the manufac-
ture for purely professional and
scientific purposes.
Turn Back Imports.
The importation of crude opium
and cocoa leaves from which
morphine and cocaine are made, far
in excess Of what is needed, Is to
be turned back at customs houses.
Drastic regulation of shipping to
suppress smuggling is to be en-
ployed. Penalties so severe will be
Imposed, the officials believe, that
few will take the risk of detection.
Treaties are to be entered into
with foreign governments that will
insure a careful check on exporta-
tions. The ground for this has
already been laid in earlier opium
treaties. 1t will be possible under
the new regulations for the Mar
cotic Control Board to keep care
full check on every grower of crude
drugs and every manufacturer in
the world. Statistics Of this nature
are now being prepared at the
Hague.
I'VE believe that we will soon be
able to suppress the menacing drug
evil" a high State Department Of
ficial said today.
"The regulations we have adopted
are the most far-reaching ever
undertaken by a government for the
protection Of its people. The control
board provided under the Jones
Miller law will be permanently in
session. From time to time 1t may
be necessary to amend the regula-
tions, but such changes will be to
make 1t more drastic.
Bales Of Drugs.
Until this investigation got
underway the government did not
have a fair idea OF the ramifications
of the international drug ring. We
found them smuggling drugs into
this country by the bale, disguised
as rags for paper mills, etc.
I'VE found dishonest brokers who
would withdraw drugs from customs
warehouses and have a robbery
framed up. We learned that in
Europe and the Far East 1t was ex-
tremely difficult for the govern.
ments to suppress exports. Mem
bers of ship crews were bringing In
vast quantities"