Show Narcotics Business H Hard Out to Stamp From both the east and the west recently t the I problem p of naz narcotics has been p prominently min m in the news From Irom l c me the shocking story of the the arrest of of four persons including ding movie moyie star R Robert bert Mit Mi Mitchum hu o on charges I of of suspicion suspicion violating of ti g t ana n r federal federal fed fed- eral nar narcotics laws s Arresting officers e said said the group w was caught in the midst of a midnight marijuana marijuan party At almost the s same am m time a hospital dope racket was as reportedly e exposed posed in New York City Investigators of the state bureau of narcotics said the racket involved orderlies nurses and even doe doc doctors tors tars at more than 15 N New e York City hos hos- Apparently peddling dope rings bad had planted agents in hospitals as em em- Sometimes these agents managed man- man aged ged to make off with ith narcot narcotics cs on their own 11 while in other cases they enlisted the aid of members of the hospitals' hospitals professional staffs Twelve persons have been arrested including one head nurse Dope addiction is a vicious business and the peddling narcotic-peddling racket is exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- cx- cx d difficult to sta stamp p out Once an individual becomes addicted to some type of dope it frequently gets such a hold upon him that he will pay any price and take any risk to satisfy the craving That craving of the addict makes the peddling dope-peddling racket very profitable And there is a kind of vicious circle inthe in inthe inthe the whole dope business The more authorities authorities au au- au- au clamp down on the narcotics racket the scarcer r dope becomes the higher the price price and and the greater the attraction to get into the of game supplying supplying supplying sup sup- plying dope For instance authorities said the current high price of narcotics due to intensified enforcement activity had helped dope peddlers crack hospital supply sources in New York City The fight against narcotics is a never- never ending one But it is a fight which must b be carried on persistently and vigorously for long experience proves there is nothing nothing noth noth- ing more dangerous to a nation or an individual than widespread narcotics addiction It leads both down the road to ruin |