| Show P S' S t 5 Y Y l t LUGH r r- r J Mexicans K x Widespread Indulgence Among 4 F j f J an Americans in ea Narcotic That Produces 0 I I no i c Hilarity own in Flowered s 3 J f t Ya a u C r rS r'S x S 'S o n fan em no er ru vi o a Combated k t tS S t 5 I a at t r J Jv 3 I s' s t A Ap i I v 4 I a e I Ih I k d h 0 fl I oj f r Nell By Y e Ray Clarke RE Americans falling victims to a a. faLse god who promises paradise or oblivion to those seeking forgetfulness and andr r gives ives only insanity or death 5 Marijuana devastating Mexican drug is 11 said to have come into vogue recently among musicians in Chicago where numbers num- num t bers of them have been thrown out of their positions because of the habit of i taking the drug Introduced by Mexicans who have lately moved to that city the f Jus habit forming marijuana or Mary Jane is said to have claimed thousands as addicts within the last two or three years f Its popularity is probably due to to the effects it first has upon its devotees They laugh and seem hilariously happy the drug producing a a. hypnotic state in which aU all value of time is lost and in which there is an irresistible impulse to giggle and laugh aloud Addicts are ale said to sit in the orchestra giggling foolishly and andS S emitting sour notes When they are r l' l they simply giggle A noisy delirium is the result in pero persons persons per per- o sons of cheerful dIsposition but the delirium der de- de r is said to take a a. violent form in a persons of violent tendencies Continuous use of the drug is claimed to produce 3 t temporary and even incurable insanity A widow and her four children in Mexico City were recently reported insane from eating marijuana to drown their grief over ver the death of the husband and father The drug is well known in Mexico 0 where it has been used for many years In 1925 however the cultivation ion of the U plant from which marijuana is made was o outlawed in Mexico and the Government Health Department sent inspectors to all parts of the country to see that the plants both wild and cultivated from which the drug might be made were de- de tit i strayed But the fact that the plant grows wild makes it particularly difficult to legislate against Marijuana is also used to some extent in the American Southern states and the States along the Mexican border where it itis t is familiarly known knO as files There is no law against importing it into the 0 country but a few of the States already have Jaws on their statute books regulating regulating regu- regu lating traffic in the drug notably Louisiana Louisiana Louisi- Louisi ana and California In the latter State it S 'S is classed with cocaine heroin opium and other dangerous narcotic drugs and r penalties are applied for violation of the t regulations governing its use 1 1 T IS old IT an drug masquerading in the Yr New World under a new name Its use has been known since the days of Troy when Homer wrote that Helen daughter of Zeus cast into the theine wine ine whereof they drank an elixIr a a. nepenthe a drug to lull lun aU all pain and anger and to bring for tor- 4 of every sorrow Whoso should Y S drink a a. draught thereof when it is mingled in the bowl on that day he heS he'S S 'S would let no tear fall down his cheeks not though his mother and his father died not though men slew his brother or dear son before his face and his own Y eyes Marco Polo wrote of the Old Man of the Mountain who intoxicated his victims 1 with a plant called hashish which c caused them to believe themselves to be beIn bein 1 in the paradise of Mahomet Its use is known to men of nearly all r races ces and climes in various forms and under different names In India where its use is perhaps more prevalent than elsewhere it is called ganja sanja bhang and cheras It is eaten drunk or smoked In Arabia and Persia where it has been us used d probably in admixtures with other more danger dangerous us drugs to produce the more wild c and fanatical deliriums it is known as hashish It is from the the USers of at hashish that our word assa sins aIns has come In Egypt Greece and Turkey the f addicts to hashish know know their sovereign as the Green Goddess because of her herF F supposed abode in the green leaves and the flowering tops of the Cannabis indica the ordinary hemp of commerce In South Africa it is called dagga and smoking dagga is prevalent among the natives fHE authorities of the United States Public Health Service know kI ow of the exIstence ex- ex K of the drug in the United States and are cognizant of the fact that there are a number of smokers of marijuana but they maintain that reports have been greatly exaggerated both as to the number x of addi ts and the violence of the effect of the drug But the use and J 1 J J. J i I o. o rye 1 4 s' s Y 7 r n a 4 y m 1 Marijuana or F p Mary Jane is a Mexican drug which w Y produces wild a hilarity when either x r smoked or eaten b Y w J its addicts tion of the drug are matters over which the Federal Government at the present time has no jurisdiction One of the main reasons why there is no law governing the importation of the drug is because it is made from the flowers of the plants of the ordinary hemp which growS wild or is 0 easily cultivated in America t quantities quantities quan- quan of the plant have been found from time to time growing near large American American Ameri- Ameri can cIties sometimes growing wild and sometimes planted for the purpose of making the drug Several acres of Lt t were recently found growing near Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago and in 1925 the Correction Commission Commission Commis- Commis sion of New York f found und twenty acres of it growing near Queens County Courthouse Courthouse Court Court- house on an old enough dump hemp to supply all the inhabitants of the city with the drug for a long period of time The plant of course has its legitimate uses notably for fiber and for furnishing seeds for bird food and as a necessary drug in medicine known as Cannabis indica indica in- in dica useful in cases of of- distressing headaches headaches head head- aches violent fits of coughing and pulmonary pulmonary pul- pul hemorrhage Just what does this evil drug do to those who partake of its forbidden pleas pleas- ures Those who are most familiar with its use are divided into two opposing camps one claiming that the drug is only moderately mod mod- harmful and the other declaring that it leaves insanity and death in its wake These latter say that it produces murderous delirium th that t it addicts often become insane and that its effects are perhaps more terrible than those of any any intoxicant or drug There There is unquestionable un un- questionable evidence however however- that the drug has a bad because of the company it keeps fa the Orient It is found in combination with other drugs and its continuoUs use in the combinations combinations com com- produces neurasthenia and in- in sanity anity Those who believe the tho worst of the drug say that people who in a fully conscious conscious con con- state would be u utterly incapable of willfully committing murd murder r. r or br any of the other more vicious who crimes could not be induced to commit such a crime even when are capable of any of the more fiendish performances when under the influence of hashish Dr Robert Kingman thus describes the Influence of the drug To those who have partaken of oC the essence of the Green Goddess Goddess' through pipe or pm pill come first puffs of heat nd Jl-nd nd cold which seem to float gently through the body ascendIng ascending ascend ascend- Ing from feet to head the while a a. desire de- de sire to walk up and down and an impulse impulse im- im pulse to gesticulate become uncontrollable ThEt mind as yet in full control as it were aside and merely takes note in mild surprise of these experiences suddenly and apropos of nothing a burst of laughter seemingly interminable convulses the entire body The mind is then occupIed with a succession of the most illogical and monstrous ideas which 4 i. i o 1 f. f n t i r i a d T The he commercial vu hemp 7 f z z grown on the plantation t above e though of a different dif dif- L ferent variety is of a z the same sp cie as L the pl a ant n t from rte w which h i c h 1 ar y f a Jane is produced pro pro- l the 4 drug which i recently re re- r y ya claimed a many victims i in Chicago 0 y t gip c III H w S r r S qi ft S J Y c. c r YAP t l rt 0 t tt t I Helen of Troy and her ber husband receive Ulysses Ulysses' son and all feel depressed byi by t i 6 Ulysses Ulysses' long years of absence until Helen 0 f has wine brought in which has been doped with marijuana Cares and worry flee i r when they drink the wine according to r. r Homer t S 4 1 i 1 1 1 0 1 I J I d y yS F S 5 Cannabis indica the plant from which marijuana is made The ruler at atthe the base of the plant marked in inches gives an idea of its size 4 follow one another with unbelievable rapidity accompanIed by paradoxical crises The slightest trifles are felt as tragedies the gravest misfortunes are mere nothings The news of death or disaster is received with shouts of laughter laughter laugh laugh- ter while the hour of the day or the fact that that it k is raining will be announced in tragIc and al heartbreaking accents Inhibitions are now cast to the winds and words and gestures on any and every are unrestrained and uncensored At he ehe same time the sense of orientation is is' lost and all conception of space and time distorted The seconds seems years and the minutes centuries A walk across the room occasions a sensation of having covered miles mUes and in going to the next floor enough steps are mounted to reach the sky Curiously enough the judgment still standing aloof alo like a a. disinterested spectator recognizes the errors but fails to correct them and the false information transmitted by the sense is believed and acted upon by the braIn As in hypnotic state a a. chair may become an object of I J 1 tf r fj Ji ii love and receive the caresses of one of the opposite sex Bread and water suffice to convey the pleasures of a a. feast A youth who was shown a a. bolster a cord from the wall and told That is you who have been hanged you rou are arc no longer alive replied I know it very well how sad it is to have died so young and In such a horrible manner As the nepenthe wanes there is a feeling of sadness and vague disqUietude IN N AN experiment conducted by three scientists to determine the physiological cal activity of marijuana made from plants grown gro in the United States each took the drug in turn and each wrote a a. description of the effects of the drug upon himself and his observations upon the behavior of the other two sUbjects when under the Influence of the drug The description by Dr R R. A A. A Perkins tallies with the description of his behavior furn hed by his comrades At At I took a a. capsule containing two grains S. S E. E Cannabis Americana on Po 1 jf l 1 H 1 it WJ nn an empty stomach About one hour later I experienced a peculiar sensation Th The corners of my mouth commenced to draw and I could not refrain from laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing I laughed so heartily that I was tired afterward although nothing seemed particularly amusing This spell lasted for probably hall half a minute although It seemed much longer to meAt meAt me At this time I felt most exhilarated Everything seemed so enjoyable and I Iwas Iwas was e extremely comfortable I walked up and down the corridor swinging lightly along seeming to walk or air or feathers My feet weighed nothing It was no effort ef- ef fort to walk alk it was more like floating along My sense sens of proportion was lost my feet seemed mIles a way away from me my arms were long and big The corridor corridor cor- cor was miles long I walked or rather floated up and ard down do apparently for hours waving my hands and arms marking time to imaginary music All this while I was smiling and enjoying myself im- im All my faculties were not impaired impaired im- im paired however because to test myself I read a part of a typewritten on the bulletin board My voice sounded to me like the deepest deepest deep deep- est base It seemed to be musical and toned full and I liked to hear myself talk My colleagues however did not seem to notice It nor did they appreciate that I felt so good toward them and my- my self Several waves swept over me during this s tIme and alSo later on which are very difficult to describe adequately The feeling was one of well being and perfect satisfaction beginning with a sort of numbness or fullness in iD the extremities a feeling of unreality in the surround surround- Ings I knew that my hands were normal normal nor nor- mal in appearance but when not observing observing ing them they seemed to be detached and not a part of me We played a game of cards and in playing a card I seemed to be throwing some enormous but very light article over a great distance These spells usually started by smiling and ended in laughing rather rather- hysterically o o JM ik ti pounding the table with my fist But I could not laugh aloud because of the tha peculiar drawing and constriction about my fate face and j The effects lasted until about ld id o'clock at night when the subject ate some t and went home hom and an to bed and to sleep apparently without any ill lU effects from his intoxication Careful investigation n made by Y a a. number number num- num ber of eminent a authorities seem to indicate indicate indi- indi cate however that even less of the drug is obtained ed by smoking the leaves of the hemp and consequently ly lythe the aftereffects aftereffects after after- effects are less pronounced and in s some mo cases almost har harmless ess M. M V. V BALL of at Warren Pa who D DR several years ago studied the use of the drug and its physiological effects says It seems to me that all the symptoms symptoms toms ascribed to the use of the indica are to be explained by the admiXtures admixtures admiX admiX- tures which are ordinarily contained in inthe inthe the hemp preparations as they appe appear r in inthe inthe the ganja shops and the hashish joints of the Oriental countries There is no record to my knowledge of any of Cannabis indica among th the Anglo Those who indulged in rimes grimes were not driven to it by excessive use of the drug and when excesses were 2 with noted they were usually connected other vices such as alcohol or opium Investigations made by a special committee committee com com- of medical authorities appointed appointed- by the Governor of Panama three y years ars arsago ago on the prevalence of the use of marijuana and the effects after to bear out the idea that the leaves of the hemp bemp when smoked are not particularly parr par harmful Seventeen soldiers of the United States Army stationed at Panama were were used as subjects all of them smoking marijuana under medical observation In two series of tests during during dur- dur ing which twelve volunteers smoked from two to twelve cigarettes of marijuana only one of them showed evidences ot of intoxication Two soldiers who confessed to being habitual smokers of marijuana said that it gave them a a. feeling of lightness and ha but during the experiments they appeared perfectly normal Another soldier who said he had been Y smoking marijuana since he re was 7 years Sears old told the authorities that he had no craving for the drug Another who had bad smoked since childhood was unable to walk a a. after he had smoked four cigarettes of marijuana Two of the habitual smokers of marijuana had bad qualified as marksmen and another ea as expert marksman As a result of the work of the committee corn com it was stated that the stories of the effects of smoking marijuana had bad been exaggerated that there was no co medIcal evidence that it caused Insanity insanity ity that it was not habit forming in inthe inthe the sense that alcohol opium |
