The Washington times., 1929-10-21
DRUGS EVOLVE
INFERIOR
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BY DIR. EMILE TOULOUSE
Director for Psychiatry and
Mental PrOpylaxy Of the Depart
ment of the Seine

Medical Director for Psychiatry and
Mental PrOpylaxy of the Depart
ment of the Seine
(The author, because of his
success IN the field of treatment
of sociological problems as re-
lated ito the individual mental
ity, is thoroughly qualified to
discuss the social menace created
By the illicit international trdt-
fic in dangerous drugs.)
Copyright, 1929. Universal Service, Incl
PARIS, Oct. 30.
"HE League of Nations no
longer can he permitted 10
- view the Illicit traffic in
dangerous drugs as merely an
economic problem. The problem
is biological and medical; on its
solution may depend the welfare
of the established state in general
and the preservation of a high
type of mankind in particular.
For the defense of all mankind,
the peoples of the world must
make a collective, concerted effort
to settle once for all this conflict
between the needs Of the psychic
life of an addict and humanity
as whole. We must staff our
crusading army with experts, doc
tors. sclentists-men who realize
what benefit to humanity would
result from the stamping out OF
this monstrous evil.
An Old, Old Evil
To define the tragic and we'll
nigh unshakeable hold this drug
mania has on it's victims and the
raison d'etre for the existence
of the powerful international com
bine which supplies drugs to the
addicts. we must trace the evil
from it's very start.
The poppy. from the Juice Of
which comes opium. was 0hce. like
the lonely barley, a cereal, culti,
waited centuries ago by the peoples
of the Mediterranean Coca leaves
were chewed by the natives of
South America; the Indian hemp
(Hashish) was used for similar
purposes by several tribes in
Africa. Even the fArmcnted
drink-wine from the grape and
beer from barley-were developed
for the attenuation of pain.
Tobacco. coffee and tea have
become universal in u.s.. And
then, finally. chemistry has pro
duced the nervous medicines.
the list of which grows longer
almost daily. In this list we find
opium. from the poppy's Juice.
and the alkaloids of opium. NOR
phine and heroin; cocaine. chloral,
and hundreds Of others which
take the place Of the 100 per
cent narcotic.
flinders Procreation
OF morphine alone. derived from
opium, and which is "sed in
potions of 1-100 of a gram, the
total consumption in the world
is nearly 10000. 900 grams This
figure is double the amount neces
sary for medical use.
This is only part Of the total
cost. The actual effects of the
drug traffic are these:
!. The use of narcotics decreases
the capacity of individuals to pro-
create:
2. Toxicomaniacs, despite aid
age prematurely and succumb to
early death:
3. Crime is rampant among ad
diets. endangering humanity and
forcing the world to high expense
in combat tting the criminal; and
4. The descendants of addicts de
crease not only in number hut in
physical and mental capacity.
Imperials Mankind
In fewer words, through the in
roads of the drug traffic and the
procreat ton Of addicts. deficient
type of mankind results.
The addict has no will-no will
for anything except the procuring
of his drug. He cannot cure him
self; the Stale must cure him. He
cannot be cured unless his drug il.
licitly bought, can be taken from
the illegal handler. This is the
problem confronting the world.