The Washington times., 1923-02-02
NEW LAWS
ALSO ARE
NEEDED

LIULU
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month and what was once your
brain viii be nothing but store
house Of horrid specters.
Hasheesh makes murderer, who
kills for the love Of killing, out Of
the naildest hammered man who ever
laughed at the idea that any ''habit"
could ever get him.
Morphine shrivels the body to skin
and bone, atrophies the will. and
turns q normal human being into the
sick shadow of q man, who viii sell
his own flesh and blood, no matter
how young and tender, to the hor-
rible bondage Of the streets to get
his drug.
Cocaine Stiles Reason.
Cocaine STILES reason, chokes all
sense Of responsibility, and sets
ssFrankenstein," with neither reason
nor conscience to control him.
Heron combines morphine and CO.
caine and is stronger and more dead
~ than either.
The legitimate practice OF medi-
cine needs less than three and one
half tons OF these drugs the world
around, even under the old belief
IN cocaine and heroin which the
best physicians have already dis
carded.
And over 1900 tons Of morphine
alone IL turned loose every year
to flood the world with unreliable
misery.
We. here in America. use nearly
three.fourths Of the narcotic drugs
that are manufactured everywhere
IN the world.
What are we going to do about it?
How are we going to stem this
fearful tide that ID sweeping so
relentlessly and 30 certainly upon
ms?
Education b Need.
The first thing to do is to edu-
cate.
The second thing to do is to
educate,
The third thing to do is to edu-
cate.
We are all asleep and dreaming
writing books about feminism, pro-
ducing plays about the sex prob
lem, and every line is q new prob
lem.
Making speeches about nothing,
following every new band wagon
that blaZons some new fad or fancy
land while we tell ourselves how
clever and wide awake and modern
we are, this real and terrible danger
stands on our very door-steps and
pushes with relentless power it's
cruel way into the very hearts Of
our homes.
Let's wake up! Let's face the
truth!
Let's know about dope"
Let's know all about it, from the
bad beginning to the dreadful end
ing!
Organizations at Work.
Powerful organizations all over
this country today are beginning to
make Q study Of the subject-just
beginning. Let's join one Of those
organizations, you and I. Let's
make this terrible business our own
affair.
Let's ask the President Of the
United States to proclaim an anti
narcotic week and help attract the
attention OF the whole country to
the terrible truth.
Laws-yes, we need new laws.
We need stronger State laws. strong
eP Federal laws, and stronger city
ordinances.
In New York city, for instance, a
''go-getter" from the dope ring"
may make Il his business to bring
new victims into the tolls Of dope"
every day.
The man who sells dope" sells
Il for money, and in order to get
that money and plenty Of it, he will
teach the habit to anyone he can
reach by hook or crook-young or
old, man or woman, girl or boy, good
or bad, happy or miserable-what
does he care?
Every new "dope" slave means
new money in his pocket.
Arrest such O man under the city
ordinance In New York city and
what can you do with him?
Try him-for @ misdemeanor-not
for crime, and send him to the is
land for a few days and make him
pay q few dollars fine, which means
just about as much to him as one
or two street car fares would mean
TO you or me.
Change the city ordinances, make
dope" selling not q misdemeanor
but crime and punish 1t as crimes
are punished.
In some States the State laws
make it about as serious to be
caught selling dope" as 1t is to be
caught throwing a torn envelope