Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-24 | Page 5 | Morphinism is Held Blamable

MORPHINISM IS ' HELDJLAMABLE Doctor Tells of One Great GatiM for Crime OHIPAOO, June 14 A aura it ee. phinl.m .uld dr. S"a"lt,mIc': ? lu' I'M Tu"' Ml rl el boa-.i""""',m. boa-.i""""',m. ' majority at mining oauee of erfmlnallty.- Mr. Ban. doa dacia la j report Jubll.h.d In LlViSSK'i ?' Inatltuta S' V.ml"' Criminality. He ff proportion ol arreeta of nr. phlniala. for violation af th. drug law. lo arreata of morphlnlata for a her Applying thla proportion to tha J4k Boaton municipal court eeaea In JD-t violation ef tha drug law, we ahould have, bealdea, abaut ilT arre,t. of moru.iinlata for other offenaea. fc weaning la poeelble la practloallr every raae. We hava na medical in' atltutlan. In which addlcT. w'thou. meana are kept long enough to hava ,0 "o4-' l-nder theee eondltlona a aentenea u geveral montha. lha longer tha better, la tha tt" ,B ." "WPen ta the" ThV" J1".? of P,"l Inatltutlona Almoat all our caaea are below par from the point of view at ecn,io a" ' flolenor. Now, alace morphine 'a ?Lt? r,V;' fer than aev. thing alee, there la no practicable al. ternatlve for those who do net hava tne meana and do not gat cured but monVy" u"," ettlni A trait whleh la remarkable In our morphlnlata la their eaprlt de eorpa ,'" ' of the wld.ly ipriM be. ller thet many, alcoholloa would lake to morphine after Prohibition. I hava not vet aeen auch a raae. "The remedy can be summed up In the almpe formula: 1'ontrol tha drug, control tha addict" "''