Evening star., 1922-09-17

a middle-aged man came to me the
other day. His condition was p:tiful.
He was suffering from an overdose, it
developed. What he wanted was a
deck of III" He rendered So bill
and received the deck and had so
cents in exchange. He prepared and
injected a generous shot in mis- upper
arm and left. That was the first of my
customers to see the inside of my room.
always go outside to make a sale.
That's safest.
By the way, that H cost me So. l
double the amount with sugar of milk
whole. l sell the single decks for s1.5O.
Figure up the profit!
just said l never let any one see me
| take a shot. Also. no one ever saw
me under the influence of drugs.
always lock myself in the room and
don't go out until I'm natural. Ever
heard of the leaps: That corre-
spends to delirium tremens. It's a state
Of frantic fear in the addict that he is
being watched 1t drives men to do
some funny things which aren't at all
mirthful at the time.
I've seen men with the leaps" nail
third-story windows down-windows
which weren't approachable by a fire
escape. They'll tear down pictures and
rip up carpets. thinking some one is
hiding under or behind them. 1 knew a
man who lived on the fifth floor OF an
apartment house, in the back. with no
fire escape to his room. He had habit
Of balancing a pair of heavy tailor
shears on his window ledge SO that
If any one should try to come in the
clatter Of the falling shears would
awaken him. From personal experience
l know a New York lamppost will
stretch and expand e such an extent
| that burly policeman might easily
hide behind it. All these things seem a
huge joke-when I'm not charged up y
| as we say.
You might like to know how much an
addict uses when he wants to get "all
| charged up" Two weeks ago l went off
on bat 1 checked up for while
| and the first thirty hours 1 consumed
five grams. That was &C" I've taken
as much as three grams in nine hours
for an extra big 'kick." l can recall
one time i went from Monday night
until the following Saturday night with
but four hours sleep. 1 took shot
every half hour, not counting the shifts
in between. That's a lot of dope" !
might tell you!
X
iDY this time you're wondering what
D the differencs is between ."C'' and
III" I'll tell you. Heroin is perhaps
the worst Of all drugs. Yet a balance
can be struck and if that is maintained
I the average addict can get along with
| half a deck a day. If a person were
to take an injection of heroin he would
soon become violently sick at his
| stomach.
| Cocaine, on the other hand, is diff
ferent. 1t isn't as widely used as ''H''
| because it is too expensive for the
average man. The effect of "C'' differs
! "C'' produces an emotional feeling.
Perhaps that is why it is so widely
| used and why it should be Stunned
! 1t has ruined many people in that way
| Combine the million dollar feeling with
/ the emotional and see what you have!
| But for the love of your own self
| respect. take my word for it and don't
| try it for yourself! Whisky taken in
| conjunction with ''C'' produces nc
effect whatever. The "C'' is too strong
to brook opposition. II liquor is drunk
| with III the drinker becomes ILL.,
Opium isn't very widely used. II
costs the addict $50 pound.
You've heard Of the tortures of the
fend who is deprived Of his dope!
It's all true. It couldn't be exagger-
ated! "Dope. fends'' will go to any
length to get drugs If their supply has
| run out and they have no means Of get
ting it through regular channels. I've
known men to search the floor to find
scraps Of cystals. I've been through
i all Of it and know.
| Perhaps a short history of my life
| would be interesting. ! was born in a
| small town and brought up by honest
God-fearing parents and given a good
| education, when 1 was seventeen years