Show j f A Million Drug Addicts More Mor opium per capita is being used In the United States than an any other country In the world Internal Revenue ile Commissioner Daniel 0 O. Roper assert asserted asserted assert assert- ed before the University club dub the other other oth- oth er r night The statement cams came after a report by br Deputy Commissioner John Walker In charge of the collection of excise taxes during an op open open n meeting of Commissioner Commissioner Com Cont missioner Ropers Roper's cabinet of assistants assistants assist assist- ants auts held to show the working of the organization controlling the collection of the largest tax bill 1111 of any country at any time Almost one million pounds of opium opium opium opi opi- um half of which is being secured i legally of a total value alue of I Is being used a jear year by Americans according according ac ae i cording to Deputy Commissioner Walker Walk Walk- er era lIe He stated that a million Inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants tants of the country are drug rug addicts quarter One of this number w were ere re classed as asa a vagrants rants A million pounds pound of cocoa lea es and derivative e drugs drug were said to be used a year In this I country I Smuggling by airplane Is presenting pre presentIng present present- Ing a new problem to be s solved ed 1 In tn the I Illicit drug traffic it was stated Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- uty nty Commissioner Walker based his statement upon a report received by him from Representative H H. T. T Rainey I j of Illinois of a n special comI committee committee com com- Investigating conditions con controlled controlled con con- I tro trolled by by th the Harrison on narcotic anti nt act Washington Star |