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Show The effjcct of the enforcement of the strict liquor law in the larger cities and towns of Maine ii said to be most injurious to society, whioh is resorting to opium to supply the craving for strong drink. Since the liquor law was passed the opium trade has rapidly rap-idly increased in the state, until at the present Lime, Maine conaumot more morphine in proportion to its population, than any other state in the Union. If prohibitory liquor laws are going to produce this bad efieot, the propriety of passing any more of them will be seriously questioned by egialatora ; and liquor dealers will use tho Maine case to prevent the suppression of the trade in other localities. |